From owner-cvs-src@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 29 12:54:35 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: cvs-src@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2653516A4BF; Fri, 29 Aug 2003 12:54:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from fledge.watson.org (fledge.watson.org [204.156.12.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C078C43FAF; Fri, 29 Aug 2003 12:54:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from robert@fledge.watson.org) Received: from fledge.watson.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by fledge.watson.org (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h7TJs1rO049074; Fri, 29 Aug 2003 15:54:01 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from robert@fledge.watson.org) Received: from localhost (robert@localhost)h7TJs1Th049069; Fri, 29 Aug 2003 15:54:01 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2003 15:54:00 -0400 (EDT) From: Robert Watson X-Sender: robert@fledge.watson.org To: Poul-Henning Kamp In-Reply-To: <16023.1062186298@critter.freebsd.dk> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org cc: src-committers@FreeBSD.org cc: Garance A Drosihn cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org cc: obrien@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/gnu/usr.bin Makefile src/lib Makefile src/sbin Makefile src/usr.bin Makefile src/usr.sbin Makefile X-BeenThere: cvs-src@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: CVS commit messages for the src tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2003 19:54:35 -0000 On Fri, 29 Aug 2003, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > In message , Garance A Drosihn writes: > > >I suspect > >that Warner is right, and we could get ourselves into a mess > >if we jump into some easy-looking solution. > > We can of couse, just as easy be paralyzed be the lack of the grand > architectural plan in the sky and never get anywhere at all. This was actually a concern I expressed in that thread: we've gone completely off the rails several times before in an attempt to get a Grand Architecture for FreeBSD Decomposition. A few useful knobs sometimes goes a long way, and is far more practical. I think we should block the introduction of useful knobs (especially install-knobs vs. build-knobs) on waiting for xmlBSD. :-) Robert N M Watson FreeBSD Core Team, TrustedBSD Projects robert@fledge.watson.org Network Associates Laboratories