From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 16 02:18:51 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: FreeBSD-doc@FreeBSD.org Delivered-To: FreeBSD-doc@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C83B716A41F; Fri, 16 Sep 2005 02:18:51 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from trhodes@FreeBSD.org) Received: from pittgoth.com (14.zlnp1.xdsl.nauticom.net [209.195.149.111]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 36BBF43D45; Fri, 16 Sep 2005 02:18:50 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from trhodes@FreeBSD.org) Received: from localhost (net-ix.gw.ai.net [205.134.160.6] (may be forged)) (authenticated bits=0) by pittgoth.com (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id j8G2Inmg036957 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Thu, 15 Sep 2005 22:18:50 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from trhodes@FreeBSD.org) Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 22:17:51 -0400 From: Tom Rhodes To: Giorgos Keramidas Message-ID: <20050915221751.6c2ec9e3@localhost> In-Reply-To: <20050915234145.GA4761@flame.pc> References: <20050915062312.73803494@localhost> <20050915132925.GA1370@flame.pc> <20050915191829.7a20a2a9@localhost> <20050915234145.GA4761@flame.pc> X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 1.9.13 (GTK+ 2.6.8; i386-portbld-freebsd7.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Tom Rhodes , FreeBSD-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Reordering the rc.conf manual page X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 02:18:51 -0000 On Fri, 16 Sep 2005 02:41:45 +0300 Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > On 2005-09-15 19:18, Tom Rhodes wrote: > > On Thu, 15 Sep 2005 16:29:26 +0300 > > Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > > > On 2005-09-15 06:23, Tom Rhodes wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > I've done some simple reordering of our rc.conf.5 manual page. > > > > [...] > > > > > > The changes include both reordering and text additions (probably > > > removals too, I haven't had a thorough look at the diff). Is it > > > possible to make this two patches, one with only moving around of > > > existing text and one with new/deleted text? > > > > Actually, I did absolutely nothing to the original text other than > > add to it. I agree, moving it around and adding new text should > > be separate commits. Will handle. This is just a "proof of > > concept" patch which was only to arouse interest. > [...] > > What do you think about the idea of what I'm doing though? :) > > It certainly looks like a good idea. > > Alphabetically sorted variable names may make sense if they are all > part of a single huge group, without any obvious separation. I have > to note that rc.conf variables lend themselves very easily to > grouping of some sort though. > > I've been using "sections" in my rc.conf files for ages. Right now, > I'm typing this on a system whose rc.conf is split into the following > general categories of options: > > # Network Interfaces > # Misc Other Network Stuff > # Enabled Services > # Disabled Services > # Firewall Settings > # Mail Trasfer Agent Options > # Console Options > # Other System Options > > This separation is, of course, just a matter of personal preference, > and doesn't really matter at all when rc.conf is loaded by rc.d > scripts -- all the options are slurped in anywa. > > If my original post sounded like I didn't like the change, then by all > means go for it. It *is* useful, IMHO. Heh, that was all I needed to hear. :) -- Tom Rhodes