From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 11 11:02:48 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3947816A4CE for ; Mon, 11 Apr 2005 11:02:48 +0000 (GMT) Received: from obelix.sunrise.ch (mailrelay3.sunrise.ch [194.158.229.31]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7CA3743D31 for ; Mon, 11 Apr 2005 11:02:47 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from hampi@rootshell.be) Received: from gicco.homeip.net (pop-zh-15-2-dialup-94.freesurf.ch [194.230.214.94]) by obelix.sunrise.ch (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j3BB2jwt031179 for ; Mon, 11 Apr 2005 13:02:45 +0200 Received: from gicco.here (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gicco.homeip.net (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j3BB2enG002282 for ; Mon, 11 Apr 2005 13:02:40 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from hampi@rootshell.be) Received: (from idefix@localhost) by gicco.here (8.13.1/8.12.11/Submit) id j3BB2eYN002281 for freebsd-stable@freebsd.org; Mon, 11 Apr 2005 13:02:40 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from hampi@rootshell.be) X-Authentication-Warning: gicco.here: idefix set sender to hampi@rootshell.be using -f Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2005 13:02:40 +0200 From: Hanspeter Roth To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20050411110240.GA2118@gicco.homeip.net> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Subject: minority tolarated? X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2005 11:02:48 -0000 Hello, The Beastie menu makes it convenient choosing boot options. The Beastie decorating space right to the menu reflects the preference of the majority or all of the FreeBSD developers. Their opinion is documented in http://www.freebsd.org/copyright/daemon.html . However there are users which have a different opinion and which don't like the Beastie mascot to be displayed during boot time. However there are users which have a different opinion and which don't like the Beastie mascot to be displayed during boot time. The question is: are such users - welcome - tolerated - disliked. In case they are more or less tolerated what should they do in order to switch the Beastie splash screen? - renounce of the Beastie menu (beastie_disable="YES") ? - spend some hours to dig in mailing lists or dig in http://www.forth.org/tutorials.html ? - or have an convenient flag in loaders.conf that allows to run Beastie menu but display some other decoration? The patch 74577 offers a convenient flag to disable the display of the Beastie while being compatible with the majority of the FreeBSD developers. http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=74577 There were talks that the FreeBSD logo will change anyway. But so far this has not affected 5.4-RC1. -Hanspeter