Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 00:37:49 -0700 From: Scott Long <scottl@freebsd.org> To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> Cc: cvs-all@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/boot/i386/loader Makefile loader.rc Message-ID: <41AAD1CD.5080606@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <26165.1101713648@critter.freebsd.dk> References: <26165.1101713648@critter.freebsd.dk>
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Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > In message <41AA86D1.7070105@freebsd.org>, Scott Long writes: > > >>For the past 1+ years I've recieved nothing but complaints from >>developers who have told me that the beastie menu was silly, >>unprofessional, annoying, and/or confusing. > > > Since nanobsd commit probably was the straw that broke the back of > the camel: > > The reason why I disable the beastie menu in some of my nanobsd > builds are that a couple of those systems sit with a 2400bps GSM > phone as console connection. > > I'm absolutely certain that I am not the person to judge if the > beastie menu is a good thing or not in general, and whatever happens > in nanobsd should not be taken as indicative of anything related > to user-friendlyness as most nanobsd boxes have no on-line users. > It actually had nothing to do with nanobsd. It has everything to do with many months of conversations with many people. Scott
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