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Date:      Fri, 8 Nov 2002 11:36:51 -0500
From:      Tom Rhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Eric Anderson <anderson@centtech.com>
Cc:        wyldephyre2@yahoo.com, kheuer@gwdg.de, mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org, advocacy@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: Companies awaiting 5.0 technology
Message-ID:  <20021108113651.4d721cae.trhodes@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <3DCBD040.7010900@centtech.com>
References:  <20021108113648.80417.qmail@web11807.mail.yahoo.com> <3DCBD040.7010900@centtech.com>

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On Fri, 08 Nov 2002 08:54:56 -0600
Eric Anderson <anderson@centtech.com> wrote:

> Haikal Saadh wrote:
> > Pick 'N' Mix from the release notes here:
> > http://www.freebsd.org/releases/5.0R/DP1/relnotes-i386.html
> > At least that's for DP1, but should be a good idea of what's in
> > store.
> 
> Here's a few things I think look "cool":
> lomac(4)
> nmdm(4)
> PECOFF (??)
> options REGRESSION (??)
> conscontrol(8)
> vinum (new changes, enhancements)
> snapshots
> extended attributes for files/directories
> Inode filesystem (IFS)
> Access Control Lists (ACLs)
> NFS enhancements
> pseudofs (??)
> ACPI support
> devinfo tool
> background fscking (background_fsck in rc.conf(5))
> growfs - not new, but still cool
> nsswitch - hosts.conf is dead
> PAM enhancements, and new modules
> rpc.lockd - NFS locking
> 
> We can (and should) hunt the developers of these features down and ask
> 
> for details..  Some are just "honorable mentions", but some are full 
> blown kick-arse features (like snapshots).
> 
> Eric
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------
> Eric Anderson	   Systems Administrator      Centaur Technology
> Beware the fury of a patient man.
> ------------------------------------------------------------------
> 

I will be doing documentation on some of these features (snapshots
&& File System Access Control Lists) so if you have questions then
just ask me.  Although I can't promise much :)

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