Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 08:26:31 -0500 (EST) From: Michael Lucas <mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org> To: dcs@newsguy.com (Daniel C. Sobral) Cc: advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: New article Message-ID: <200003231326.IAA24776@blackhelicopters.org> In-Reply-To: <38D977A2.3A64317A@newsguy.com> from "Daniel C. Sobral" at "Mar 23, 2000 10:47:14 am"
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> There are some errors, though... :-) > > You say "make depend all install" once, which is incorrect. ACK! Please pass me the pointy hat, I've written this correctly elsewhere. > The claim about complexity of a kernel configuration tool is also > completely groundless. There isn't a kernel configuration tool for > FreeBSD because no one can be bothered to produce one, and that's that. > There is no technical obstacles to it. This was the general consensus I got from developers who read the article. Also, I think a configuration tool would be far too complex, from a user POV rather than a developer one (although developers would go nuts trying to keep it in sync with the kernel, IMHO). Who wants to walk through a multitiered menu when you can just vi & go? > Alas, we have been evolving to allow mostly dispensing with a kernel > configuration file altogether. Then where are we going? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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