From owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 30 19:10:15 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 813D416A4CE for ; Tue, 30 Nov 2004 19:10:15 +0000 (GMT) Received: from clunix.cl.msu.edu (clunix.cl.msu.edu [35.9.2.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0A70F43D2D for ; Tue, 30 Nov 2004 19:10:15 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu) Received: (from jerrymc@localhost) by clunix.cl.msu.edu (8.11.7p1+Sun/8.11.7) id iAUJABI29251; Tue, 30 Nov 2004 14:10:11 -0500 (EST) From: Jerry McAllister Message-Id: <200411301910.iAUJABI29251@clunix.cl.msu.edu> To: fcash@sd73.bc.ca Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 14:10:10 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <200411301810.iAUIAHqs093792@freefall.freebsd.org> from "Freddie Cash" at Nov 30, 2004 06:10:17 PM X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL2] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: misc/70231: Beastie not by default X-BeenThere: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 19:10:15 -0000 > > The following reply was made to PR misc/70231; it has been noted by GNATS. > > From: Freddie Cash > To: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org, hampi@rootshell.be > Cc: > Subject: Re: misc/70231: Beastie not by default > Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 10:01:27 -0800 > > If you look at the Beastie Boot menu, it's really two parts: the menu > itself, and the image. Why not make the two parts independent? It's > not like one actually depends on the other. > > In fact, by making the two independent, you open the door for people to > create their own custom logos. What's wrong with that? > > Ship FreeBSD with the boot menu enabled, the beastie image disabled, and > with a knob for putting in custom images. > > Voila! Everybody wins. Those that just want a menu (which is very > useful), can have just a menu. Those that want a menu and the beastie, > can have that. Those that want a menu and a custom image can have > that. And those that want neither the menu nor the image can have that > as well. > > Why is this such a big deal?? No big deal. Sounds like you now have something to keep you busy over the holidays. When you get it all working, just submit it as a pr. There are instructions for submitting a change on the FreeBSD web site. That's the way things work in the open source freeware community. ////jerry > -- > Freddie Cash, CCNT CCLP Helpdesk / Network Support Tech. > School District 73 (250) 377-HELP [377-4357] > fcash@sd73.bc.ca helpdesk@sd73.bc.ca > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-bugs > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-bugs-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >