From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 30 05:18:36 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 03DEC16A4CE for ; Tue, 30 Nov 2004 05:18:36 +0000 (GMT) Received: from postfix3-1.free.fr (postfix3-1.free.fr [213.228.0.44]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B6A4143D60 for ; Tue, 30 Nov 2004 05:18:35 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from rsidd@online.fr) Received: from imp3-q.free.fr (imp3-q.free.fr [212.27.42.3]) by postfix3-1.free.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1C3AA173499; Tue, 30 Nov 2004 06:18:35 +0100 (CET) Received: by imp3-q.free.fr (Postfix, from userid 33) id 0BFCD309DD; Tue, 30 Nov 2004 06:18:35 +0100 (MET) Received: from proxy.imsc.res.in (proxy.imsc.res.in [203.199.209.81]) by imp3-q.free.fr (IMP) with HTTP for ; Tue, 30 Nov 2004 06:18:34 +0100 Message-ID: <1101791914.41ac02aaeeb1e@imp3-q.free.fr> Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 06:18:34 +0100 From: Rahul Siddharthan To: Kris Kennaway References: <20041129024602.GA23324@turingmachine.mentalsiege.net> <1101748454.41ab58e61eb88@imp2-q.free.fr> <1101788709.41abf62519b57@imp2-q.free.fr> <20041130045622.GA51989@xor.obsecurity.org> <1101791219.41abfff31d3a7@imp1-q.free.fr> <20041130051553.GA67210@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <20041130051553.GA67210@xor.obsecurity.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: Internet Messaging Program (IMP) 3.2.5 X-Originating-IP: 203.199.209.81 cc: "Jason C. Wells" cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: The beastie boot menu. X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 05:18:36 -0000 Quoting Kris Kennaway : > > Colin Percival's patches: > > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current/2004-March/023804.html > > > > Ruslan Ermilov talks about plans for a "make uninstall target": > > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current/2004-March/023961.html > > > > Read the whole thread though, and also the "Pkg-based base system" thread > > the same month, for a sample of reactions. > > Thanks. Both of those people are FreeBSD committers though, so I > don't know why you think there's "no chance of it becoming > mainstream". Scott Long is a core team member, but nonetheless decided that the boot menu wasn't worth the fight. Those postings are 8 months old. If there has been further discussion, obviously you're unaware of them, as I am (but I don't read the lists much anymore). You're certainly aware that a lot of FreeBSD people will not countenance the idea. Rahul