Date: Sun, 07 Oct 2007 23:51:03 +0200 From: Pietro Cerutti <gahr@gahr.ch> To: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org>, freebsd-rc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: conf/105568: [patch] Add more flexibility to rc.conf, to choose "_enable" values at startup Message-ID: <470954C7.4060904@gahr.ch> In-Reply-To: <4706B42B.20207@FreeBSD.org> References: <200710012040.l91KeC2t097859@freefall.freebsd.org> <alpine.BSF.0.9999.0710011753400.1408@ync.qbhto.arg> <47022870.7030607@gahr.ch> <alpine.BSF.0.9999.0710021522150.23009@ync.qbhto.arg> <fee88ee40710021541ke648672r23db8e1b9a04fe56@mail.gmail.com> <4703A8B6.80803@gahr.ch> <4706B42B.20207@FreeBSD.org>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] Doug Barton wrote: > Pietro Cerutti wrote: > >> I have no problem accepting the fact that you don't need this feature, >> but, on the contrary, it seems that you have a problem accepting the >> fact that someone could find it useful. > > That is certainly not true for me, and I don't think it's true for Kian > either. I can see how _someone_ could find it useful, I just don't think > that a majority of our users would benefit from this. > >> The feature doesn't change any defaults, don't have any side effects and >> can merely be ignored if you don't want to use it. >> >> Why are you so reluctant in accepting it? > > The rc.d system is critical to FreeBSD, and making boot time faster is a > goal that always have in front of us. We have to critically examine > every single suggestion for modifications to it, and the bias is > strongly in the direction of not adding something that won't be > beneficial to the majority of our users. Ok I understand the politics and you point. Thanks! > > Every extra line of code adds complexity and some amount of processing > time, no matter how small. It's very easy to go from a streamlined > system (which IMO rc.d is not yet) to a bloated pig one centimeter at a > time. > > I don't expect you to necessarily agree with my analysis, but I wanted > to explain more of the reasoning behind it, which hopefully will help > you understand that we're not just rejecting your proposal out of hand. > > Doug > -- Pietro Cerutti PGP Public Key: http://gahr.ch/pgp [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFHCVTMwMJqmJVx944RCmZtAKCc5KKiWJxiS1eTc+VFZ+AEZm0d3gCeKRzK FD4qRR63jaL+lGvZeMHPNqQ= =T7b3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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