From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Jul 2 11:14:38 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA09369 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Thu, 2 Jul 1998 11:14:38 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from antipodes.cdrom.com (castles224.castles.com [208.214.165.224]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA09331 for ; Thu, 2 Jul 1998 11:14:23 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@antipodes.cdrom.com) Received: from antipodes.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by antipodes.cdrom.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id LAA01087; Thu, 2 Jul 1998 11:13:22 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199807021813.LAA01087@antipodes.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: Thomas David Rivers cc: drosih@rpi.edu, jkh@time.cdrom.com, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Variant Link implementation, continued In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 02 Jul 1998 10:52:26 EDT." <199807021452.KAA15866@lakes.dignus.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 02 Jul 1998 11:13:22 -0700 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > So, given my experience - I'd prefer to not have this feature > in FreeBSD... I'd suggest, at least, a mechanism (vis sysctl var?) > to globally disable it at an installation... How about "just don't use it"? The point here is that it's an enabling technology, not an intentional constriction of freedom. If you don't want it or can't manage it properly, you don't have to use it. -- \\ 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 freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message