From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Nov 17 15:23:25 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA08286 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Tue, 17 Nov 1998 15:23:25 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ceia.nordier.com (m2-7-dbn.dial-up.net [196.34.155.71]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA08272 for ; Tue, 17 Nov 1998 15:23:16 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rnordier@nordier.com) Received: (from rnordier@localhost) by ceia.nordier.com (8.8.7/8.6.12) id BAA13545; Wed, 18 Nov 1998 01:22:16 +0200 (SAT) From: Robert Nordier Message-Id: <199811172322.BAA13545@ceia.nordier.com> Subject: Re: /etc/rc.d, and changes to /etc/rc? In-Reply-To: <19981117210138.03327@nothing-going-on.org> from Nik Clayton at "Nov 17, 98 09:01:38 pm" To: nik@nothing-going-on.demon.co.uk (Nik Clayton) Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1998 01:22:13 +0200 (SAT) Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL31 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Nik Clayton wrote: > On Sun, Nov 15, 1998 at 11:59:38PM +0000, Nik Clayton wrote: > [ Creating /etc/rc.d, populating with scripts to start/stop system > daemons, tweaking /etc/rc* to use these scripts instead ] > > > What are people's thoughts on doing the same thing to the base system? > > Well, the silence has been deafening. I've had three positive comments > by private mail, no negative comments by private mail, and nothing on > the list at all. Not even a "Take one step down that road and we > *will* kill your firstborn". Is everyone asleep? On account of COMDEX and a few other things, a number of folks are mostly absent from the lists at the moment; so you might want to give this a bit more time. Also, a number of developers no longer subscribe to -hackers, and asking on the -current list may elicit a broader range of responses. > If there are no more comments by Thursday I'll take it as tacit agreement, > and go ahead. I'll do sendmail first. -- Robert Nordier To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message