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Date:      Thu, 21 Sep 1995 20:43:46 -0500
From:      peter@taronga.com (Peter da Silva)
To:        hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ports startup scripts
Message-ID:  <199509220143.UAA08476@bonkers.taronga.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SUN.3.91.950920231752.22999B-100000@latte.eng.umd.edu>
References:  <9509210239.AA21415@asimov.volant.org>

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In article <Pine.SUN.3.91.950920231752.22999B-100000@latte.eng.umd.edu>,
Chuck Robey  <chuckr@eng.umd.edu> wrote:
>3) Removing the perceived bugs in that other system makes it different
>   from the original, displeasing those that happened to have a lot of
>   experience using it, and don't want to learn another.

Nobody has a problem with changing things, just changing them without a good
reason. Going to consistently running the shutdown scripts is a change for a
good reason. Making the four basic levels mean something different is a bad
one (especially since the one suggested doesn't provide for a way to say
"shut down to halt").



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