From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Sep 26 06:40:38 1995 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id GAA04096 for hackers-outgoing; Tue, 26 Sep 1995 06:40:38 -0700 Received: from fslg8.fsl.noaa.gov (fslg8.fsl.noaa.gov [137.75.131.171]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with SMTP id GAA04090 for ; Tue, 26 Sep 1995 06:40:28 -0700 Received: by fslg8.fsl.noaa.gov (5.57/Ultrix3.0-C) id AA06714; Tue, 26 Sep 95 13:34:42 GMT Received: by emu.fsl.noaa.gov (1.38.193.4/SMI-4.1 (1.38.193.4)) id AA14875; Tue, 26 Sep 1995 07:34:40 -0600 Date: Tue, 26 Sep 1995 07:34:40 -0600 From: kelly@fsl.noaa.gov (Sean Kelly) Message-Id: <9509261334.AA14875@emu.fsl.noaa.gov> To: patl@asimov.volant.org Cc: gryphon@healer.com, jmb@kryten.atinc.com, peter@taronga.com, hackers@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <9509260523.AA29884@asimov.volant.org> (patl@asimov.volant.org) Subject: Re: ports startup scripts Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk >>>>> "Pat" == patl writes: Pat> Bzzzzttttt. Wrong. The sequence number can be static - Pat> built in when the package was built. It is the same for all Pat> systems. And thereby requiring anyone who's built a package to register with the czar of sequence numbers to prevent conflicts? I don't like it: If I were a commercial software developer considering doing a FreeBSD port of some tool or other, having to do this is one additional step is one additional headache I'd rather not have. -- Sean Kelly NOAA Forecast Systems Laboratory, Boulder Colorado USA Is it weird in here, or is it just me? -- Steven Wright