From owner-freebsd-stable Mon Jan 28 20:32:23 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from smtpout.mac.com (smtpout.mac.com [204.179.120.86]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 72F7237B416 for ; Mon, 28 Jan 2002 20:32:19 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp-relay02.mac.com (server-source-si02 [10.13.10.6]) by smtpout.mac.com (8.12.1/8.10.2/1.0) with ESMTP id g0SIB6OW008055 for ; Mon, 28 Jan 2002 10:11:06 -0800 (PST) Received: from asmtp01.mac.com ([10.13.10.65]) by smtp-relay02.mac.com (Netscape Messaging Server 4.15 relay02 Jun 21 2001 23:53:48) with ESMTP id GQNUIH00.SIJ for ; Mon, 28 Jan 2002 10:11:05 -0800 Received: from quinn ([134.241.228.22]) by asmtp01.mac.com (Netscape Messaging Server 4.15 asmtp01 Jun 21 2001 23:53:48) with ESMTP id GQNUIH00.J11; Mon, 28 Jan 2002 10:11:05 -0800 Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2002 13:10:57 -0500 Subject: Re: firewall config (CTFM) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v480) Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG To: nate@yogotech.com (Nate Williams) From: Justin White In-Reply-To: <15445.34866.827021.644844@caddis.yogotech.com> Message-Id: <6085443A-141A-11D6-AD14-000393092F82@mac.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.480) Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Monday, January 28, 2002, at 12:19 , Nate Williams wrote: >> i'm not trying to be mean, but if you don't read the docs > > A comment in a configuration file that the user should never have to see > is considered documentation? no, the user _should_ making a point to see that configuration file. if they're changing /etc/rc.conf, they should be reading the corresponding defaults file. if they're changing /etc/rc.conf without previously reading the defaults file, too bad. by your logic, when someone configures a new kernel, they shouldn't need to look at LINT? -Justin White just6979@yahoo.com http://justinfinity.2y.net/ AIM:just6979 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message