From owner-cvs-all Wed Jul 26 9:57:33 2000 Delivered-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Received: from jade.chc-chimes.com (jade.chc-chimes.com [216.28.46.6]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B8CA637B5BB; Wed, 26 Jul 2000 09:57:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from billf@jade.chc-chimes.com) Received: by jade.chc-chimes.com (Postfix, from userid 1001) id A4CCE1C66; Wed, 26 Jul 2000 12:57:21 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2000 12:57:21 -0400 From: Bill Fumerola To: Nate Williams Cc: "Jordan K. Hubbard" , Peter Wemm , Warner Losh , "Andrey A. Chernov" , Marcel Moolenaar , Will Andrews , Marcel Moolenaar , cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc Makefile src/include Makefile src/release Makefile src/release/picobsd/build Makefile.mfs src/release/picobsd/custom Makefile.mfs src/release/picobsd/dial Makefile.mfs src/release/picobsd/install Makefile.mfs Message-ID: <20000726125721.Z51462@jade.chc-chimes.com> References: <200007252213.PAA34677@netplex.com.au> <10733.964597601@localhost> <200007261456.IAA11238@nomad.yogotech.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: <200007261456.IAA11238@nomad.yogotech.com>; from nate@yogotech.com on Wed, Jul 26, 2000 at 08:56:51AM -0600 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 3.3-STABLE i386 Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, Jul 26, 2000 at 08:56:51AM -0600, Nate Williams wrote: > > argument for me. Nothing browns-off a system administrator more than > > variant, astonishing behavior at 3am. > > Given that FreeBSD's user-base exceeds all of the other BSD's, I find > *this* a very weak argument. Folks who use FreeBSD rarely use the other > BSDs, so most wouldn't be astonished at all, as they more likely have > experience with Linux or WinXX than with another BSD. So we should use our large userbase to implement non-standard behavior and justify it based soley on the fact that people will just accept it out of ignorance on how other systems do it? Woah, this sounds alllll too familiar.... -- Bill Fumerola - Network Architect, BOFH / Chimes, Inc. billf@chimesnet.com / billf@FreeBSD.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message