From owner-freebsd-current Fri Feb 19 18:26: 2 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from smtp02.primenet.com (smtp02.primenet.com [206.165.6.132]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 608E011B01 for ; Fri, 19 Feb 1999 18:25:57 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from tlambert@usr02.primenet.com) Received: (from daemon@localhost) by smtp02.primenet.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA15520; Fri, 19 Feb 1999 19:25:56 -0700 (MST) Received: from usr02.primenet.com(206.165.6.202) via SMTP by smtp02.primenet.com, id smtpd015497; Fri Feb 19 19:25:53 1999 Received: (from tlambert@localhost) by usr02.primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id TAA21874; Fri, 19 Feb 1999 19:25:51 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert Message-Id: <199902200225.TAA21874@usr02.primenet.com> Subject: Re: sysinstall & rc.conf To: zach@uffdaonline.net (Zach Heilig) Date: Sat, 20 Feb 1999 02:25:50 +0000 (GMT) Cc: leifn@neland.dk, current@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <19990214030044.B3920@znh.org> from "Zach Heilig" at Feb 14, 99 03:00:44 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL25] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > > > until I realized that /etc/rc.conf was empty. It's the anti-POLA! ;) > > > > That's "POMA" :) > > > Could somebody tell me the meaning of those acronyms? > > POLA -> Policy? Of Least Astonishment > POMA -> " " Most " (seems jkh just made this one up :-) > > anyway, the intent should be clear now. Principle. It's an engineering rule of thumb. It's been attributedo various sources, including being called a variation of the Hypocratic Oath ("Above all else, do no harm"). Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message