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Date:      Fri, 15 Jun 2001 10:07:35 +1000
From:      Greg Black <gjb@gbch.net>
To:        Matt Dillon <dillon@earth.backplane.com>
Cc:        Doug Barton <DougB@DougBarton.net>, Warner Losh <imp@harmony.village.org>, Cyrille Lefevre <clefevre@redirect.to>, Andrew Hesford <ajh3@usrlib.org>, Gordon Tetlow <gordont@bluemtn.net>, Jon Parise <jon@csh.rit.edu>, Will Andrews <will@physics.purdue.edu>, Mark Santcroos <marks@ripe.net>, bsddiy@163.net, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, eivind@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: import NetBSD rc system 
Message-ID:  <nospam-992563656.87141@maxim.gbch.net>
In-Reply-To: <200106142336.f5ENa2r34926@earth.backplane.com>  of Thu, 14 Jun 2001 16:36:02 MST
References:  <20010614162333.V810-100000@dt051n37.san.rr.com> <200106142336.f5ENa2r34926@earth.backplane.com> 

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Matt Dillon wrote:

|    If you try to make the thing 'perfect' in the first release you could
|    end up dragging development out many more weeks or months then otherwise.

Indeed.

|    I was thinking of something along the lines of an rc.conf variable that
|    causes /etc/rc to use the new system rather then the old.  That way someone
|    (like me) can simply set a single variable in /etc/rc.conf, keep all
|    the other rc.conf that was there intact, reboot, and magically be using
|    the new system.  If it doesn't work right, I can comment out the variable,
|    reboot again, and be back to my old system, and then generate a bug
|    report.

This is an excellent suggestion and will make it easier for
those of us who don't have the <resource> to contribute code to
at least test it and provide useful feedback.

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