From owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 8 21:00:35 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3C22F443 for ; Mon, 8 Sep 2014 21:00:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206c::16:87]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 04C151B9D for ; Mon, 8 Sep 2014 21:00:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.9/8.14.9) with ESMTP id s88L0Ygw049908 for ; Mon, 8 Sep 2014 21:00:34 GMT (envelope-from bdrewery@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from bdrewery@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.9/8.14.9/Submit) id s88L0YU8049907 for freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.org; Mon, 8 Sep 2014 21:00:34 GMT (envelope-from bdrewery) Received: (qmail 64722 invoked from network); 8 Sep 2014 16:00:32 -0500 Received: from unknown (HELO ?10.10.0.24?) (freebsd@shatow.net@10.10.0.24) by sweb.xzibition.com with ESMTPA; 8 Sep 2014 16:00:32 -0500 Message-ID: <540E18ED.1070003@FreeBSD.org> Date: Mon, 08 Sep 2014 16:00:29 -0500 From: Bryan Drewery Organization: FreeBSD User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Warren Block , freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: /etc/motd summary References: In-Reply-To: OpenPGP: id=6E4697CF; url=http://www.shatow.net/bryan/bryan2.asc Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="7xMvCga03V5Twva00LNdOKXGXE501R1MG" X-BeenThere: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussion related to FreeBSD architecture List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 08 Sep 2014 21:00:35 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 4880 and 3156) --7xMvCga03V5Twva00LNdOKXGXE501R1MG Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 9/8/2014 2:08 PM, Warren Block wrote: > Summarizing the responses and changes to /etc/motd: >=20 > Using ANSI has both philosphical and practical problems, and should b= e > avoided. In short, it has cooties. >=20 > Extra horizontal whitespace is the least likely to cause problems as > command delimiters, and inoffensive to most responders. Rearranging > the information into a list of URLs is a net win. >=20 > Shorter is better. A simpler motd that links to a single web page > might be acceptable. >=20 > My suggestions: >=20 > Short-term: >=20 > Here is the most popular/least objectionable version with all of the > suggestions implemented as best I could: >=20 > http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/motd/motd.whitespace-url For other languages, replace "en" with a language code like de or fr. Should de and fr also be quoted? I don't mean to bikeshed on this but I find the spaced commands confusing. I find quoted commands more readable: Please include the output of 'uname -a' and any relevant error messages= =2E.. Use 'man man' for an introduction to manual pages. 'man hier' describes the. or `cmd` or `cmd' --=20 Regards, Bryan Drewery --7xMvCga03V5Twva00LNdOKXGXE501R1MG Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (MingW32) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJUDhjtAAoJEDXXcbtuRpfPL+sH/1aoRrQL8MCCXi9zCTNWvtuz qcvWen8Z4VF4/FJ+lmb1+ZXJ4GTJKRTdV3ZGzte+cfkHdyxJt7DFu8OmVfJ/voA2 uEvOlnMg17/q0ZNhQGT5QXUBlOYBHyz0S7QW7zaK17aCYfso3BZY4PmBaNI6IH5c fzxKg/58NwO1j9IA65XtjeU2Je16kCXFSuRlDXS7vvn7by3TkMFiXFoFUJH1+Jkd mvmP7YY4Q3gLsPOfpcUXt0l3wiwufL+RufWiwWR8PRa+CHiS+q9j2/RmoE6VLI+3 G9J9w0yAUHVXwuo0KRORZ4CJEq7cgFPAlDwKICXwMIvMDAmwykbzSUzZa1nByAE= =Gcv6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --7xMvCga03V5Twva00LNdOKXGXE501R1MG--