Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2018 12:22:20 -0700 From: Michael Dexter <editor@callfortesting.org> To: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: smart(8) Call for Testing Message-ID: <7f9d7848-e584-6d75-baab-99cd19f5bcd3@callfortesting.org> In-Reply-To: <1d3f2cef-4c37-782e-7938-e0a2eebc8842@quip.cz> References: <4754cb2f-76bb-a69b-0cf5-eff4d621eb29@callfortesting.org> <CAMXt9NbdN119RrHnZHOJD1T%2BHNLLpzgkKVStyTm=49dopBMoAQ@mail.gmail.com> <CAM0tzX1oTWTa0Nes11yXg5x4c30MmxdUyT6M1_c4-PWv2%2BQbhw@mail.gmail.com> <CAMXt9NYMrtTNqNSx256mcYsPo48xnsa%2BCCYSoeFLzRsc%2BfQWMw@mail.gmail.com> <CAM0tzX32v2-=saT5iB4WVcsoVOtH%2BXE0OQoP7hEDB1xE%2Bxk%2Bsg@mail.gmail.com> <1d3f2cef-4c37-782e-7938-e0a2eebc8842@quip.cz>
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On 3/27/18 9:45 AM, Miroslav Lachman wrote: > What is the purpose of this utility and why it should be in base if > almost everyone will need to write something to do the "real job" or > "pkg install smartmontools". > > Maybe I just don't see something... Scriptability. smartmontools output is not parsing-friendly and generally, an operatory only wants four or so key values such as hours, temperature and a variation on reallocated sectors. This facilitates that and with a license that would allow its inclusion in base. Michael
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