From owner-freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Wed Jul 15 07:15:37 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3653C9A2D9C for ; Wed, 15 Jul 2015 07:15:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jmg@gold.funkthat.com) Received: from mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (mailman.ysv.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::50:5]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 183201FBE for ; Wed, 15 Jul 2015 07:15:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jmg@gold.funkthat.com) Received: by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) id 17CA09A2D9B; Wed, 15 Jul 2015 07:15:37 +0000 (UTC) Delivered-To: arch@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 175DF9A2D9A for ; Wed, 15 Jul 2015 07:15:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jmg@gold.funkthat.com) Received: from gold.funkthat.com (gate2.funkthat.com [208.87.223.18]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "gold.funkthat.com", Issuer "gold.funkthat.com" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id EAC5E1FBD for ; Wed, 15 Jul 2015 07:15:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jmg@gold.funkthat.com) Received: from gold.funkthat.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gold.funkthat.com (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id t6F7FZ9W059111 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Wed, 15 Jul 2015 00:15:35 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jmg@gold.funkthat.com) Received: (from jmg@localhost) by gold.funkthat.com (8.14.5/8.14.5/Submit) id t6F7FYBD059110; Wed, 15 Jul 2015 00:15:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jmg) Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2015 00:15:34 -0700 From: John-Mark Gurney To: Poul-Henning Kamp Cc: arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: add inverse option to ministat Message-ID: <20150715071534.GE8523@funkthat.com> References: <20150715002013.GZ8523@funkthat.com> <77609.1436942964@critter.freebsd.dk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <77609.1436942964@critter.freebsd.dk> X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 9.1-PRERELEASE amd64 X-PGP-Fingerprint: 54BA 873B 6515 3F10 9E88 9322 9CB1 8F74 6D3F A396 X-Files: The truth is out there X-URL: http://resnet.uoregon.edu/~gurney_j/ X-Resume: http://resnet.uoregon.edu/~gurney_j/resume.html X-TipJar: bitcoin:13Qmb6AeTgQecazTWph4XasEsP7nGRbAPE X-to-the-FBI-CIA-and-NSA: HI! HOW YA DOIN? can i haz chizburger? User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.2.7 (gold.funkthat.com [127.0.0.1]); Wed, 15 Jul 2015 00:15:35 -0700 (PDT) X-BeenThere: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussion related to FreeBSD architecture List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2015 07:15:37 -0000 Poul-Henning Kamp wrote this message on Wed, Jul 15, 2015 at 06:49 +0000: > -------- > In message <20150715002013.GZ8523@funkthat.com>, John-Mark Gurney writes: > > >Instead of having to massage the data, or know that below a certain > >percentage you can just flip the sign, provide this, and you'll now > >convert to x per second, giving you an easier comparision for talking. > > Why isn't this fundamentally against the UNIX and Software Tools Philosphy > and the first step on a long road to turn ministat into R ? Didn't that get violated when options -C and -d were added in r161692? -- John-Mark Gurney Voice: +1 415 225 5579 "All that I will do, has been done, All that I have, has not."