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Date:      Mon, 27 Sep 2004 12:58:45 -0700
From:      Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net>
To:        Mike Makonnen <mtm@identd.net>
Cc:        freebsd-rc@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Removing the FreeBSD keyword
Message-ID:  <20040927195845.GC1016@odin.ac.hmc.edu>
In-Reply-To: <20040926160418.GB22015@rogue.acs.lan>
References:  <20040926160418.GB22015@rogue.acs.lan>

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On Sun, Sep 26, 2004 at 07:04:18PM +0300, Mike Makonnen wrote:
> Hi folks,
>=20
> I would like to remove the requirement that an rc.d script have
> a FreeBSD keyword. Since it's pretty clear that NetBSD and FreeBSD
> aren't going to share scripts the reason for the requirement no longer
> exists. If we can agree on this I would like to MFC it to RELENG_5.
> If it doesn't get MFCed it must be there for the entire 5.x life-cycle
> (which seems pretty stupid for something without any benefits).
>=20
> Getting rid of the requirement will also allow us to more easily
> implement what people have been asking for, for some time now:
> manipulating a group of related services.

All those mergemaster runs are going to hurt, but I think it's a good
idea.

-- Brooks

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