From owner-freebsd-current Sun Aug 3 21:04:11 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id VAA10660 for current-outgoing; Sun, 3 Aug 1997 21:04:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id VAA10615 for ; Sun, 3 Aug 1997 21:03:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from msmith@localhost) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.5/8.7.3) id NAA17844; Mon, 4 Aug 1997 13:33:41 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199708040403.NAA17844@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: Some thoughts and ideas, and quirks In-Reply-To: from Alex at "Aug 3, 97 00:30:42 am" To: garbanzo@hooked.net (Alex) Date: Mon, 4 Aug 1997 13:33:40 +0930 (CST) Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Alex stands accused of saying: > As I was installing FreeBSD 3.0-SNAP970618, I noticed a few things that > should probably be corrected, and a few things I'd like to offer my > opinion on ;). > > 1.) The boot.help file on the boot.flp image incorrectly states when > describing the -cv option that c displays verbose messages and that -v > enteres a kernel configurator. This was fixed on 970705. > 2.) The default motd says that the FAQ and Handbook are in the info > distribution (they're in the doc distrib, I think. Still can't find em). Fixed, thanks. > 4.) This has probably been debated endlessly, however I'd like to offer my > two cents. I honestly think that rpm style packages (meaning no more > split up tarballs, and no huge 70mb bin distrib) are way more convenient > and easier to manage. This is not a view we all share. 8) > more descriptive. On the other hand, I noticed that the x packages > installed quicker (they're in .tgz format not split up tarballs) off my > fat partition than did the huge tarballs 100+k/s faster on average. The speed reported by the installer is the rate of reading on the source file; it has nothing to do with whether the data is chunked or not. > 5.) On the whole bsd vs sysv init scheme. Since I'm sure that there is no > chance of FreeBSD inherriting a sysv style init, I was wonderin if maybe > a comprimise would be in order? Perhaps having the bsd scripts, turn into > sysv style directories so rc.i386 is a directory and contains things like > say S52linuxemu, etc, etc. Comments? There is a compromise already in place; /usr/local/etc/rc.d. -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[