From owner-cvs-all Fri Feb 13 16:35:29 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA16937 for cvs-all-outgoing; Fri, 13 Feb 1998 16:35:29 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (dingo.cdrom.com [204.216.28.145]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA16808; Fri, 13 Feb 1998 16:34:00 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id QAA05465; Fri, 13 Feb 1998 16:31:57 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199802140031.QAA05465@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: Julian Elischer cc: Mike Smith , Poul-Henning Kamp , Paul Traina , core@FreeBSD.ORG, junichi@jp.freebsd.org, committers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: wfd block major number reassignment from 24 to 1 In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 13 Feb 1998 15:54:01 PST." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 13 Feb 1998 16:31:57 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk > > > You certainly haven't expressed that. In fact, everything else you > > have said in this message directly contradicts that. I can only > > conclude that you're reading a different meaning into "persistence" > > than I am, and by inference a lot of other people. > > persistance means that using 'chmod' and 'chown' lasts across a reboot > or a unmount/remount. Correct. > I really don't like that idea. Sure. Don't chmod your devices. But please accept that while your preferences are perfectly valid, _so_are_other_peoples'_. We need to accomodate more than just your personal view of the ideal world. > what about new devices that pop up? > till you go do the chmod, what happens? This is where prototyping is necessary. > my scheme outlined in other mail (you are on committers right?) > also fails to deal with this.. Mine doesn't. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message