Date: Sun, 08 Dec 2013 16:52:08 -0800 From: Darren Pilgrim <list_freebsd@bluerosetech.com> To: Alfred Perlstein <bright@mu.org> Cc: "freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Stable" <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: BIND segway -> python -> first-class ports Message-ID: <52A51438.4090200@bluerosetech.com> In-Reply-To: <7271C4C4-7BAB-4DA7-9E10-49D5B2DB8964@mu.org> References: <mailman.313.1386119137.1390.freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> <529E8C53.6020208@freebsd.org> <Pine.GSO.4.64.1312032238220.15897@sea.ntplx.net> <20131204060246.GV2951@home.opsec.eu> <CAN6yY1udd1GbQVK4YR-yxNe7vqX3S1refQwch2cafRnMv=W4mA@mail.gmail.com> <CAFHbX1K1AgZ4FaEjP_vvnfiwDWsj6M3ysEVn4taX_4_p%2B1Z8Nw@mail.gmail.com> <CAN6yY1tjS=uk1Qr-sBN0PT73xpP%2BBxL8wLt9aosYfWf751rC5A@mail.gmail.com> <52A12843.3010204@freebsd.org> <0BFC927B-D72E-4926-BB3D-2C000F310BDD@fisglobal.com> <7271C4C4-7BAB-4DA7-9E10-49D5B2DB8964@mu.org>
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On 12/8/2013 11:02 AM, Alfred Perlstein wrote: > So if I were going to task the talented Devin Teske with something, > remember you just asked my opinion, then it would be to look at > putting Lua in the boot loader, getting python into base, or working > on making our utilities be able to output standard machine readable > formats such as yaml, XML and json. Can you cite a real-world example of a general-purpose OS where this was beneficial? Beneficial here means otherwise impossible functionality or automation gains without adding barriers for low-level diagnostics, tuning, corner-case configurations and other modes of advanced control. I'm not trolling here; I'd really like to see one.
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