From owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 11 14:39:09 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0C31F37B401 for ; Wed, 11 Jun 2003 14:39:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from rwcrmhc11.attbi.com (rwcrmhc11.attbi.com [204.127.198.35]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 66F6643FBD for ; Wed, 11 Jun 2003 14:39:06 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from DougB@freebsd.org) Received: from 12-234-22-23.client.attbi.com ([12.234.22.23]) by attbi.com (rwcrmhc11) with SMTP id <2003061121390601300am0ape>; Wed, 11 Jun 2003 21:39:06 +0000 Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2003 14:39:05 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug Barton To: "Matthew D. Fuller" In-Reply-To: <20030610144500.GS28798@over-yonder.net> Message-ID: <20030611143723.U26376@12-234-22-23.pyvrag.nggov.pbz> References: <200306092302.h59N2qFx085168@freefall.freebsd.org> <20030610144500.GS28798@over-yonder.net> Organization: http://www.FreeBSD.org/ X-message-flag: Outlook -- Not just for spreading viruses anymore! MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: conf/53077: Update /etc/services 4031 X-BeenThere: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2003 21:39:09 -0000 On Tue, 10 Jun 2003, Matthew D. Fuller wrote: > On Mon, Jun 09, 2003 at 04:02:52PM -0700 I heard the voice of > Doug Barton, and lo! it spake thus: > > > > Because each new services entry has a non-zero impact on lookups, > > we generally don't add new ones unless there is a compelling reason. > > Might it be time to consider smooshing services into a db file, like > passwd and termcap and such? Please see the extensive discussion of this topic in the archives. Making the db is the easy part... converting all consumers of that information to read it from the db is not. However, if you want to take that project on, I'd be happy to provide guidance and assistance. I'm sure nectar would also be interested since he is working in similar areas with nss. Doug -- This .signature sanitized for your protection