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From: Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl>
To: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>
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On Fri, Feb 01, 2002 at 04:26:13PM -0800, Terry Lambert wrote:
> > >>      foo_enable="NO"
> > > ipfilter_enable="YES"
> > > firewall_enable="NO"
> >         natd_enable="NO"
> >         natd_interface="fxp0"
> >         inetd_enable="NO"
> >         inetd_program="/usr/sbin/inetd"
> >         foo_enable="YES/NO"
> >         foo_enable="NO"
> 
> 
> Who is a GTK hacker?
> 
> Does someone want to write a "registry editor" program?
> 
> The point of the program would be to edit the "FreeBSD
> Registry", rc.conf, and make it look just like the Windows
> Registry in the editor, using "_" as the implied path
> component/terminal component (key) seperator.
> 
> Then we can all be honest with ourselves that the only
> difference between it an the Windows Registry is that
> the Windows registry is accessible/modifiable from
> kernel mode, and the path component and key names.

I would add differences like: the M$ registry is bound to
be corrupted, is only accessible by obscure tools,
is for the best part not documented

In other words why should FreeBSD adopt something like that?

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