Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2007 15:26:42 +0100 From: Pawel Jakub Dawidek <pjd@FreeBSD.org> To: obrien@freebsd.org, freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Rename sys/*/conf/DEFAULT to _DEFAULT Message-ID: <20071107142642.GA15618@garage.freebsd.pl> In-Reply-To: <20071106160521.GG18357@dragon.NUXI.org> References: <20071106160521.GG18357@dragon.NUXI.org>
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--HsYKTmaHn9HHfM39 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Nov 06, 2007 at 08:05:21AM -0800, David O'Brien wrote: > Hi folks, > In the days of modern Unix, many (most?) of us have come to expect and > depend on command-line completion that today's modern shells provide in > order to reduce typing (and inaccurate typing). >=20 > Given that premise, the "DEFAULTS" file in sys/*/conf constantly trips me > up as my kernel files are named "DEO". I know others with kernel configs > named with a 'D' that grumbled when command-line completion was now > thwart due to "DEFAULTS". >=20 > A very simple solution to this is to rename "DEFAULTS" to "_DEFAULTS". >=20 > One of the purposes for DEFAULTS was to semi-hide devices and options > that really aren't optional (unless you really know what you're doing) or > have POLA concerns so they would not be causally removed. So this name > change also puts this file to a different "name space" - and in fact may > better convey "there are no user serviceable parts in here". >=20 > Thoughts? While you are there, could you also rename /sys/conf/ to /sys/_conf/? I hate it when I try to enter /sys/contrib/ and I go to /sys/conf/, really. I need to type four letters to get it right and this is a real PITA! :) --=20 Pawel Jakub Dawidek http://www.wheel.pl pjd@FreeBSD.org http://www.FreeBSD.org FreeBSD committer Am I Evil? Yes, I Am! --HsYKTmaHn9HHfM39 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFHMcsiForvXbEpPzQRAoFZAKDE1ziWTj7FiGc33hqQh/TL5qDehACgv86l 1iM++hSvu6w6RQTMeFzE38w= =VZrD -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --HsYKTmaHn9HHfM39--
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