From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 26 10:56:34 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 06105106566C for ; Fri, 26 Feb 2010 10:56:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from yanefbsd@gmail.com) Received: from mail-pv0-f182.google.com (mail-pv0-f182.google.com [74.125.83.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CF4618FC0C for ; Fri, 26 Feb 2010 10:56:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: by pvg3 with SMTP id 3so1721143pvg.13 for ; Fri, 26 Feb 2010 02:56:24 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=2/nBEBU+e8rygodJd0JI7U3yTDqI8a/wiLCBAzMKtcM=; b=MRpmnvEiOiYd9Di0+0xPN8fiijF8mfYxSP/ewze5BuaTTtbnl3ddcoHNKFCBhFfcqi bKFnWJlA3wNC9DOObQ/i2XjmecUJ7B3FPDpSt+xOg2nM6b7Vt93JAi/2ssEuEUo6VcjK 1mPsJB6gK7plozgRWm1++PdwYqiLb9014kYd4= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=g+Z/2DTjuTy/CPxcn873RXYOasUHa/fLicd4ZaaIsmVuTWV9XH1IaIIsop3B1gvR3K qkNmiE0G33w/SEVx7Znh7014zPxeTddMQGWBWxPik6RGMFSxYRcgbOMov6lnVg/WNNIX wiyzV2JHw1hOAirRJ9LIDAaOt63/aM/MqWSyI= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.142.248.18 with SMTP id v18mr121922wfh.97.1267181783796; Fri, 26 Feb 2010 02:56:23 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <201002261229.10310.j.mckeown@ru.ac.za> References: <7d6fde3d1002251850m3d32904emece0182e905b84c5@mail.gmail.com> <20100226092119.GA61498@owl.midgard.homeip.net> <7d6fde3d1002260203l5c7491c7w9ed84cdf40acf9d7@mail.gmail.com> <201002261229.10310.j.mckeown@ru.ac.za> Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2010 02:56:23 -0800 Message-ID: <7d6fde3d1002260256g71b6e431i705cb8180fdd0a5d@mail.gmail.com> From: Garrett Cooper To: Jonathan McKeown Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mktemp(1) in /tmp or $PWD? X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2010 10:56:34 -0000 On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 2:29 AM, Jonathan McKeown wrote: > On Friday 26 February 2010 12:03:42 Garrett Cooper wrote: >> FreeBSD is a great system; if there are ways that I can possibly make >> it better by adding smart defaults > > Be careful about that value judgement. There are certainly ways you can change > it. Not everyone might feel the change is for the better, and changing the > default behaviour of widely-used commands is one change that you might find > some people disagree with. I agree that there are some things that I'm going to have to apply on my own personal machines to achieve behavior that I want, and I agree that my way may not be the best way to do things, but that's part of the reasoning why I'm asking whether or not others find some value in what I'm proposing... Thanks, -Garrett