Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2000 21:41:56 +0000 From: Nik Clayton <nik@freebsd.org> To: Rich Morin <rdm@cfcl.com> Cc: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: documenting /dev/* Message-ID: <20001204214156.A1437@canyon.nothing-going-on.org> In-Reply-To: <p05001918b651b0ea46a9@[192.168.168.205]>; from rdm@cfcl.com on Mon, Dec 04, 2000 at 12:41:10PM -0800 References: <p05001918b651b0ea46a9@[192.168.168.205]>
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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). <snip> 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
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