From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 5 06:10:21 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 37C51106564A for ; Thu, 5 Jul 2012 06:10:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from imp@bsdimp.com) Received: from mail-yx0-f182.google.com (mail-yx0-f182.google.com [209.85.213.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DA0FF8FC0A for ; Thu, 5 Jul 2012 06:10:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: by yenl8 with SMTP id l8so8278305yen.13 for ; Wed, 04 Jul 2012 23:10:20 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=sender:subject:mime-version:content-type:from:in-reply-to:date:cc :content-transfer-encoding:message-id:references:to:x-mailer :x-gm-message-state; bh=cgP6U36b8gIwDebwKXdMIoQneBN0nEJ4xTqtAMk/S5I=; b=YcbV5ITa3P7Dpm0rZPIhyriyyP3egpOHl16wkMPeIJd9nPE/2RkDHRkLPhmw2afbJ6 6pzRjrEqBzf30HOC0xYjtTha86dTOdtoQ347UUgq+/DUfPLpUYSzBoQ5Vwrp4vG7NQ+R E/kyUWZJO7OgLZzQJpNrFP9rp5qhRT9DenJvCxzJHw8Rh5PSXeduAlulKKaHs3vdwtiy dcxUfwaZq50ynwC816QHx9lZPl7t9WQ9wFQiSI/H+tCB0qXg8J6ilZ6F+YUXuSWxJF9V XBQuGqv7Vgp+PzW7kMjR9SM3VI/pi1yOwtxriMmOkGDzf5/m2ibwaAugXb7uUF9XrAnk PsZQ== Received: by 10.66.90.67 with SMTP id bu3mr34759702pab.47.1341468619878; Wed, 04 Jul 2012 23:10:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [10.0.0.63] (50-78-194-198-static.hfc.comcastbusiness.net. [50.78.194.198]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id jv6sm19123616pbc.40.2012.07.04.23.10.18 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Wed, 04 Jul 2012 23:10:19 -0700 (PDT) Sender: Warner Losh Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1084) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii From: Warner Losh In-Reply-To: <4FF4BEED.10103@FreeBSD.org> Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2012 00:10:17 -0600 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <62039A45-92E4-4588-988D-6DF39D7B01E5@bsdimp.com> References: <4FF2E00E.2030502@FreeBSD.org> <86bojxow6x.fsf@ds4.des.no> <4FF35864.5030109@FreeBSD.org> <20120704185104.GA42355@DataIX.net> <4FF4B36A.2040608@FreeBSD.org> <20120704180134.7c649e1b@bhuda.mired.org> <4FF4BEED.10103@FreeBSD.org> To: Doug Barton X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1084) X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQlcNvj0hM4CciIvSB3MlVvnkZPgombTauq5ExaDWjwzsJlr8ke2oWOQyWjwrtRQVUDOJdtO Cc: hackers@freebsd.org, Mike Meyer Subject: Re: Pull in upstream before 9.1 code freeze? 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: Thu, 05 Jul 2012 06:10:21 -0000 On Jul 4, 2012, at 4:08 PM, Doug Barton wrote: > On 07/04/2012 15:01, Mike Meyer wrote: >> On Wed, 04 Jul 2012 14:19:38 -0700 >> Doug Barton wrote: >>> On 07/04/2012 11:51, Jason Hellenthal wrote: >>>> What would be really nice here is a command wrapper hooked into the >>>> shell so that when you type a command and it does not exist it = presents >>>> you with a question for suggestions to install somewhat like Fedora = has >>>> done. >>> I would also like to see this feature, which is pretty much = universal in >>> linux at this point. It's very handy. >>=20 >> I, on the other hand, count it as one of the many features of Linux >> that make me use FreeBSD. >=20 > First, I agree that being able to turn it off should be possible. But = I > can't help being curious ... why would you *not* want a feature that > tells you what to install if you type a command that doesn't exist on > the system? Because I find on Linux it often gets it wrong and winds up being = useless noise. Mostly, though, it is because I mistype commands more = than I type commands that should be there, but aren't. Warner