From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 5 10:03:23 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 870FE1065670 for ; Thu, 5 Jul 2012 10:03:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from olivier@gid0.org) Received: from mail-lb0-f182.google.com (mail-lb0-f182.google.com [209.85.217.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 03DAF8FC16 for ; Thu, 5 Jul 2012 10:03:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: by lbon10 with SMTP id n10so14497217lbo.13 for ; Thu, 05 Jul 2012 03:03:22 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:x-gm-message-state; bh=5MFLA1+pk+pzo1WJ9aS/vDO+SxYLldMXuB0UpQUx0og=; b=TUfIw0JdPojeHIYKURC/Lzj5KNnSR3hbw7GObgyUMW7BoeLeyRzCUMTCLIAPcx3yC3 1Az3lJzwv8DCnC/ibjv93+zRYoSCCL/pdzdW3OklFTOi5NRpVrsLu2GYcLkimlHaGmwC M5mDs5RS+Sk2oQmWxBxoThyF3A0jRtCmUnZHxcW0MDF0zIfCuRL7j1Bxj+ZkCSra9ogU OdjMpqGvcwUi2/bW8BFydj/xwjEO/LcBQk7FFgHXFoM8NPD5ESKJbtuZf/DVXgJzVmcq om39q/XYkDRi96sjEunn+W69KrZ9SAPm5hGSYyYQPhznK4uMcuxicDVjhknC/oNWF/3B voDA== MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.112.36.34 with SMTP id n2mr11968779lbj.62.1341482601862; Thu, 05 Jul 2012 03:03:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.112.100.68 with HTTP; Thu, 5 Jul 2012 03:03:21 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4FF4BEED.10103@FreeBSD.org> 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> Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2012 12:03:21 +0200 Message-ID: From: Olivier Smedts To: Doug Barton Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQlkWFDKNQAn5oZggkb+YU7b22KFyDZQhxhJMzxGB9LaSBUCzScCzdpPeg+4K/EaDWgGMFga 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 10:03:23 -0000 2012/7/5 Doug Barton : > 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. >> >> I, on the other hand, count it as one of the many features of Linux >> that make me use FreeBSD. > > 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? You mean, this desktop "dumb mode" thing that makes my hard drive led crazy-blink and makes me hit (first) my desk and (then) ^C before anything is displayed ? my FreeBSD desktop : % time dsfsd dsfsd: Commande introuvable. 0.000u 0.002s 0:00.00 0.0% 0+0k 0+0io 0pf+0w an Ubuntu "server" : # time fsqfqsdfs fsqfqsdfs: command not found real 0m0.408s user 0m0.120s sys 0m0.040s and that's a *fast* one ! -- Olivier Smedts _ ASCII ribbon campaign ( ) e-mail: olivier@gid0.org - against HTML email & vCards X www: http://www.gid0.org - against proprietary attachments / \ "Il y a seulement 10 sortes de gens dans le monde : ceux qui comprennent le binaire, et ceux qui ne le comprennent pas."