From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 17 12:21:31 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E53BA106566B; Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:21:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhellenthal@gmail.com) Received: from qw-out-2122.google.com (qw-out-2122.google.com [74.125.92.24]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 69FC28FC1B; Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:21:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: by qw-out-2122.google.com with SMTP id 5so30851qwi.7 for ; Wed, 17 Mar 2010 05:21:30 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:sender:date:from:to:cc :subject:in-reply-to:message-id:references:user-agent :x-openpgp-key-id:x-openpgp-key-fingerprint:mime-version :content-type; bh=vak0qo6drwEHDFP0w4P0D8hpnkCAedoqhzJSM7Wzylg=; b=mcDA6ZSFOx/p+3GrqJbi8QhJhWY96yxl5jhGezb2ifz6wt8wBe0ZSnVNeHgkM+AeFZ lWZklTrm258E2/qpzgZVhJYhG6RKbmwKwsetNb/KPo5jwuZCPwFyL/uX/I0IJO8UxxKb RKavcUN7HrePuw6ZHgp6juLX0v/oULP5OZ2YE= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=sender:date:from:to:cc:subject:in-reply-to:message-id:references :user-agent:x-openpgp-key-id:x-openpgp-key-fingerprint:mime-version :content-type; b=OrJ12fXPg8wQSgnxe20Qh+JU0+/iPwpMr48MS8hMamg4X9E2JG5dw79raOCJdKO/V1 hRQkaFjxa01p7o/x4UwQYRAw7TpsxL7SMaiGH2woNUDqcftmAVyTBKzg4C8zqMHdAZwv ge2FFGdvD84UdjG8luyWi11Cu5k1B2hudVBIQ= Received: by 10.224.14.66 with SMTP id f2mr231169qaa.233.1268828489629; Wed, 17 Mar 2010 05:21:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: from centel.dataix.local (ppp-21.182.dialinfree.com [209.172.21.182]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id c1sm1592400ibg.23.2010.03.17.05.20.41 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Wed, 17 Mar 2010 05:21:28 -0700 (PDT) Sender: "J. Hellenthal" Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 08:06:56 -0400 From: jhell To: Garance A Drosehn In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: <4B99031D.3080308@freebsd.org> <4B991C00.3010809@intertainservices.com> <790a9fff1003111714s58d9ee4bl6454d1d52bf705b8@mail.gmail.com> <077AD48E-76D1-459A-9493-8DCB297A98DF@samsco.org> <20100312172255.GC31089@dragon.NUXI.org> <20100312185949.GA31744@lonesome.com> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (BSF 1167 2008-08-23) X-OpenPGP-Key-Id: 0x89D8547E X-OpenPGP-Key-Fingerprint: 85EF E26B 07BB 3777 76BE B12A 9057 8789 89D8 547E MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: Mark Linimon , FreeBSD Current Subject: Re: HEADS UP: COMPAT_IA32 renamed COMPAT_FREEBSD32 X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:21:32 -0000 On Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:02, Garance A Drosehn wrote: In Message: > At 12:59 PM -0600 3/12/10, Mark Linimon wrote: >> On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 09:22:55AM -0800, David O'Brien wrote: >> > Yes it is. Where was it discussed first? I do not see anything >> > in my freebsd-arch or freebsd-current archive; or any other >> > FreeBSD list. >> >> http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/mid.cgi?4B971CA3.9090301 >> >> crossposted on amd64@, ia64@, emulation@. > > > While those are logical mailing lists for this topic to have come > up on, it shouldn't be much of a surprise that there are many > freebsd users and committers who are not on those lists. Many > people who do know about the existing COMPAT_FREEBSD* variables, > and thus will be surprised at this variable name. > > My understanding is that there has already been a lot of furor > over this name, so let me first say I don't mean to infuriate > anyone. However, my own vote would be for some other name than > COMPAT_FREEBSD32. > > Perhaps COMPAT_ELF32 would be more well suited for this ? $0.002 -- jhell