From owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 6 17:00:24 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5509D16A417 for ; Tue, 6 Nov 2007 17:00:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kabaev@gmail.com) Received: from wx-out-0506.google.com (wx-out-0506.google.com [66.249.82.229]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 08D2713C4A7 for ; Tue, 6 Nov 2007 17:00:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kabaev@gmail.com) Received: by wx-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id i29so1854675wxd for ; Tue, 06 Nov 2007 09:00:23 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:x-mailer:mime-version:content-type; bh=6h3CVCLIKX3ja2M2FSNzCuCtifwSm0ayrZoak3HT54E=; b=BXC94TTiyyNpZLrgcerqQG9vIidcXFvl1s+m+JdCSiB2ymG6h9vZymUQo8BepN7/LoL92b9AQ79ePuhn9CZo1SUgpJowoaRFEztvNEvCsbDTkABLrkN3KtnEFdkRq0h4uxqnN0Xe/Jt0vQ8OktQoIuONMRRixcetTsdHNut6SJ8= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:x-mailer:mime-version:content-type; b=Rn4azRh32tZ+pT0PtBE6HpClsv2nUtE7vHUM8wFx9XLNqJRBg+whupo4asGKy9fYTcXeok5c+cr2rMhL8Y37qF39CLFUmXoSXcEyvSThAup6lqv+RjCRXAYnYPWbEKdkcEToYE4q+GL7sWpbEArQZSt+gl+aSxMu8KoSJKhLXVI= Received: by 10.70.56.13 with SMTP id e13mr10397284wxa.1194366790764; Tue, 06 Nov 2007 08:33:10 -0800 (PST) Received: from kan.dnsalias.net ( [24.218.183.247]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id i34sm20193336wxd.2007.11.06.08.33.09 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Tue, 06 Nov 2007 08:33:09 -0800 (PST) Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2007 11:33:03 -0500 From: Alexander Kabaev To: obrien@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20071106113303.00ff6912@kan.dnsalias.net> In-Reply-To: <20071106160521.GG18357@dragon.NUXI.org> References: <20071106160521.GG18357@dragon.NUXI.org> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.0.2 (GTK+ 2.12.1; i386-portbld-freebsd7.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="Sig_/YOuNJ/C+N3n4+24bjZqLGqE"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=PGP-SHA1 Cc: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Rename sys/*/conf/DEFAULT to _DEFAULT X-BeenThere: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussion related to FreeBSD architecture List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 06 Nov 2007 17:00:24 -0000 --Sig_/YOuNJ/C+N3n4+24bjZqLGqE Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, 6 Nov 2007 08:05:21 -0800 "David O'Brien" wrote: > Hi folks, > In the days of modern Unix, many (most?) of us have come to expect and > depend on command-line completion that today's modern shells provide > in order to reduce typing (and inaccurate typing). >=20 > Given that premise, the "DEFAULTS" file in sys/*/conf constantly > trips me up as my kernel files are named "DEO". I know others with > kernel configs named with a 'D' that grumbled when command-line > completion was now thwart due to "DEFAULTS". >=20 > A very simple solution to this is to rename "DEFAULTS" to "_DEFAULTS". >=20 > One of the purposes for DEFAULTS was to semi-hide devices and options > that really aren't optional (unless you really know what you're > doing) or have POLA concerns so they would not be causally removed. > So this name change also puts this file to a different "name space" - > and in fact may better convey "there are no user serviceable parts in > here". >=20 > Thoughts? Hi, my thoughts are: gratuitous and unnecessary. Renaming _your_ config file to something else is a better alternative, IMHO. And it has no impact on others as a side benefit.=20 --=20 Alexander Kabaev --Sig_/YOuNJ/C+N3n4+24bjZqLGqE Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFHMJc/Q6z1jMm+XZYRAmVJAJ9S4aI/5FVyT5M6ejWE1jwuxxW5zgCg6SZs ONNem0c7ioIMwkT31kwokXk= =wbnw -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/YOuNJ/C+N3n4+24bjZqLGqE--