From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 6 21:51:14 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D8DB837B401 for ; Tue, 6 May 2003 21:51:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sccrmhc02.attbi.com (sccrmhc02.attbi.com [204.127.202.62]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 358F043F75 for ; Tue, 6 May 2003 21:51:14 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from DougB@freebsd.org) Received: from master.dougb.net (12-234-22-23.client.attbi.com[12.234.22.23]) by attbi.com (sccrmhc02) with SMTP id <2003050704511200200fgui3e>; Wed, 7 May 2003 04:51:13 +0000 Date: Tue, 6 May 2003 21:51:11 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug Barton To: "Benjamin F. Burke" In-Reply-To: <1052215193.41902.130.camel@watchtower.office.parksmediagroup.com> Message-ID: <20030506214845.X5620@znfgre.qbhto.arg> References: <011901c31390$7aef5730$0300000a@antalus> <20030505225826.G666@znfgre.qbhto.arg> <20030506002824.G666@znfgre.qbhto.arg> <1052215193.41902.130.camel@watchtower.office.parksmediagroup.com> Organization: http://www.FreeBSD.org/ X-message-flag: Outlook -- Not just for spreading viruses anymore! MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Bridge config in /etc/rc (patch) X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 07 May 2003 04:51:15 -0000 On Tue, 6 May 2003, Benjamin F. Burke wrote: > On Tue, 2003-05-06 at 02:50, Doug Barton wrote: > > True, but that's another step down the road of "How do we deal with the > > issue of $BIGNUM conf options in a way that users can handle?" Our current > > solution for that is to include them all in /etc/defaults/rc.conf, and > > mostly in rc.conf.5. I'm not sure that solution scales, but I'm equally > > uncomfortable with the idea of UNdocumented options. > > I wonder how many experienced freebsd users really dislike having to > use the current rc.conf setup. Experienced users can fend for themselves regarding edge cases like bridge configurations. That's what rc.local is for. I'm worried about not overwhelming new users. > But if this is about ease of use for the less-experienced, why not keep > putting all the options in /etc/defaults/rc.conf, and create a > sysinstall-like interface to them that new users can run? Sorry, the patch you sent implementing that option was lost in your e-mail. Can you resend it? If you're confused by this response, see the archives. Doug -- This .signature sanitized for your protection