From owner-freebsd-current Fri Sep 8 7: 4:47 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from lists01.iafrica.com (lists01.iafrica.com [196.7.0.141]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 754F037B422 for ; Fri, 8 Sep 2000 07:04:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nwl.fw.uunet.co.za ([196.31.2.162]) by lists01.iafrica.com with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #2) id 13XOlb-00055N-00; Fri, 08 Sep 2000 16:04:31 +0200 Received: (from nobody@localhost) by nwl.fw.uunet.co.za (8.8.8/8.6.9) id QAA03562; Fri, 8 Sep 2000 16:04:30 +0200 (SAST) Received: by nwl.fw.uunet.co.za via recvmail id 3420; Fri Sep 8 16:03:49 2000 Received: from sheldonh (helo=axl.fw.uunet.co.za) by axl.fw.uunet.co.za with local-esmtp (Exim 3.16 #1) id 13XOkv-0000iZ-00; Fri, 08 Sep 2000 16:03:49 +0200 From: Sheldon Hearn To: Matthew Thyer Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Please consider some cosmetic changes in boot messages In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 08 Sep 2000 23:07:22 +0930." <39B8EB92.DF0407A8@camtech.net.au> Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2000 16:03:49 +0200 Message-ID: <2762.968421829@axl.fw.uunet.co.za> Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, 08 Sep 2000 23:07:22 +0930, Matthew Thyer wrote: > Anyone else noticed how FreeBSD is inconsistent with the use of words > like "Doing", "setting" and "starting" in the boot messages ? Yes, but I wouldn't worry about it at this stage. I have a plan to revamp the way that the startup process's output is presented and stored for later viewing. I need to chat to some folks first about the best way to do this, first. Be patient, and look forward to something interesting in 5.0-RELEASE. :-) Ciao, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message