Date: Sun, 16 Jun 2002 11:01:43 -0700 From: Doug Barton <DougB@FreeBSD.org> To: Gordon Tetlow <gordon@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Nik Clayton <nik@FreeBSD.org>, Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org>, arch@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: MFC of rcNG? Message-ID: <3D0CD287.CC5CAEB8@FreeBSD.org> References: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0206160957270.28471-100000@smtp.gnf.org>
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Gordon Tetlow wrote:
>
> On Sat, 15 Jun 2002, Doug Barton wrote:
>
> > [Moved to -arch, since the cvs-* lists have suffered enough recently.]
> >
> > Nik Clayton wrote:
> > >
> > > And is this something that can be MFC'd? I realise it's quite a
> > > fundamental change to the startup system, but if it made it in to 4.7 as
> > > an alternative (so the default remains the same) it would give people
> > > the chance to try it out without needing to run -current. It also makes
> > > it more likely to be covered in the Handbook. . .
> >
> > I vigorously oppose making it the default in 4.x at any time... we
> > already did one major overhaul of /etc/rc* in RELENG_4, and I don't
> > think we should put them through that again. However, if we can get it
> > polished sufficiently I wouldn't object necessarily to having it in
> > there as an option; BUT, I seriously doubt it'd get to that point in
> > time to be useful.
>
> The only MFC candidate I'd like to see is /etc/rc.subr. This would allow
> the ports collection to use the facilities provided by rcng while not
> making everything dependent on whether you are using CURRENT or STABLE.
Agreed on that point, we'll blow up the rest of the bridges when we get
to them.
> Is a version bump a good idea?
Version of what?
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