From owner-cvs-all Sun Jan 10 19:51:50 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA25627 for cvs-all-outgoing; Sun, 10 Jan 1999 19:51:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (castles351.castles.com [208.214.167.51]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA25622 for ; Sun, 10 Jan 1999 19:51:48 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (LOCALHOST [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA86056; Sun, 10 Jan 1999 19:48:05 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199901110348.TAA86056@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Paul Richards cc: committers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Registry issues. In-reply-to: Your message of "Sun, 10 Jan 1999 23:34:07 GMT." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1999 19:48:04 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk > > > > What we really need is a registry without the mistakes M$ did in > > NT... > > Hey, that's exactly what I've been thinking for ages (I spend more time > than I'd like working with NT systems these days and there are some > points that are worth picking out from it). I feared raising it because > in a previous mail from you regarding sysctl you specifically say > "sysctl will not become a M$ registry" :-) I think Poul's point is that he would like us not to make the same mistakes, not that we shouldn't have a registry at all. I'd hold the Apollo Aegis/DomainOS registry up as a better example. > Maybe we could start a discussion on how we think a registry should work > if implemented correctly. Could it for instance include device access > information :-) (seriously though, it might be the answer). This should definitely move to freebsd-arch for that. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message