Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2020 17:04:02 -0800 From: Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert@cschubert.com> To: Oliver Pinter <oliver.pntr@gmail.com> Cc: Kyle Evans <kevans@freebsd.org>, "freebsd-arch@freebsd.org" <freebsd-arch@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Return of config files to ^/etc Message-ID: <202002150104.01F142eE063954@slippy.cwsent.com> In-Reply-To: <CAPjTQNH7uitFvvLxxB0DkuawGgdU0qbZ2PdSKY3M6=sQ67hR6Q@mail.gmail.com> References: <CACNAnaE5kUuJiDOHtJSE357iiFrA2JQbNuEyLh5yZgU98X_t2g@mail.gmail.com> <CAPjTQNH7uitFvvLxxB0DkuawGgdU0qbZ2PdSKY3M6=sQ67hR6Q@mail.gmail.com>
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In message <CAPjTQNH7uitFvvLxxB0DkuawGgdU0qbZ2PdSKY3M6=sQ67hR6Q@mail.gmail.c om> , Oliver Pinter writes: > On Friday, February 14, 2020, Kyle Evans <kevans@freebsd.org> wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > I've organized a review[0] to return most config files back to etc/. > > Many people were concerned about the mass exodus of etc/, and many > > have expressed a desire (privately or otherwise) for these files to > > return- some of these folks represent downstreams or consumer projects > > that went through the painful move the first time and would happily go > > through the pain again to restore the status quo. > > > > This does mean that we'd end up with a structure that's not compatible > > with stable/12, but is compatible with every branch before it. > > > > If you have an opinion for or against. please speak up now. I'd like > > to make sure we're moving in the correct direction as a developer > > community. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Kyle Evans > > > > [0] https://reviews.freebsd.org/D23690 > > > A very big yes. Please do it. > It would be more straightforward and more backward compatible because the > FreeBSD's repo is a monorepo. > > As far I remember, there was an mess around the password and groups file > depending on the "default" shell. A sed magic or other black magic... Agreed. I was never enamoured with the move. -- Cheers, Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert@cschubert.com> FreeBSD UNIX: <cy@FreeBSD.org> Web: http://www.FreeBSD.org The need of the many outweighs the greed of the few.
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