Date: Sun, 16 Jun 2002 09:59:21 -0700 (PDT) From: Gordon Tetlow <gordon@FreeBSD.org> To: Doug Barton <DougB@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Nik Clayton <nik@FreeBSD.org>, Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org>, <arch@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: MFC of rcNG? Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0206160957270.28471-100000@smtp.gnf.org> In-Reply-To: <3D0B9246.75D2AA45@FreeBSD.org>
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On Sat, 15 Jun 2002, Doug Barton wrote: > [Moved to -arch, since the cvs-* lists have suffered enough recently.] > > Nik Clayton wrote: > > > > And is this something that can be MFC'd? I realise it's quite a > > fundamental change to the startup system, but if it made it in to 4.7 as > > an alternative (so the default remains the same) it would give people > > the chance to try it out without needing to run -current. It also makes > > it more likely to be covered in the Handbook. . . > > I vigorously oppose making it the default in 4.x at any time... we > already did one major overhaul of /etc/rc* in RELENG_4, and I don't > think we should put them through that again. However, if we can get it > polished sufficiently I wouldn't object necessarily to having it in > there as an option; BUT, I seriously doubt it'd get to that point in > time to be useful. The only MFC candidate I'd like to see is /etc/rc.subr. This would allow the ports collection to use the facilities provided by rcng while not making everything dependent on whether you are using CURRENT or STABLE. Is a version bump a good idea? -gordon To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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