From owner-freebsd-doc Mon Dec 4 13:51:47 2000 From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 4 13:51:45 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from nothing-going-on.demon.co.uk (nothing-going-on.demon.co.uk [193.237.89.66]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4608637B401 for ; Mon, 4 Dec 2000 13:51:43 -0800 (PST) Received: (from nik@localhost) by nothing-going-on.demon.co.uk (8.11.0/8.11.0) id eB4LfuR01456; Mon, 4 Dec 2000 21:41:56 GMT (envelope-from nik) Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2000 21:41:56 +0000 From: Nik Clayton To: Rich Morin Cc: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: documenting /dev/* Message-ID: <20001204214156.A1437@canyon.nothing-going-on.org> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from rdm@cfcl.com on Mon, Dec 04, 2000 at 12:41:10PM -0800 Organization: FreeBSD Project Sender: nik@nothing-going-on.demon.co.uk Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Rich, On Mon, Dec 04, 2000 at 12:41:10PM -0800, Rich Morin wrote: > In documenting /dev/*, I came to some conclusions about it. Here they > are, along with a proposed remedy. > > devs_proposal, 2000.12 > ====================== > > /dev is a mess. It may work OK for programs, but it is a disaster for > humans. So, here is a modest proposal for a rework (DUCKING). This is now wandering out of the realm of -doc material, and more like material for -hackers, or -arch. I say that not because I want to get offtopic chat off -doc (although that's not a bad reason) but because you're likely to get an audience in those two lists that can give better feedback on this sort of proposal. N -- Internet connection, $19.95 a month. Computer, $799.95. Modem, $149.95. Telephone line, $24.95 a month. Software, free. USENET transmission, hundreds if not thousands of dollars. Thinking before posting, priceless. Somethings in life you can't buy. For everything else, there's MasterCard. -- Graham Reed, in the Scary Devil Monastery To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message