From owner-svn-src-all@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 8 23:26:37 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-src-all@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 193071065676 for ; Thu, 8 Jul 2010 23:26:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dougb@FreeBSD.org) Received: from mail2.fluidhosting.com (mx21.fluidhosting.com [204.14.89.4]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 786938FC26 for ; Thu, 8 Jul 2010 23:26:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 29829 invoked by uid 399); 8 Jul 2010 23:26:35 -0000 Received: from localhost (HELO ?192.168.0.142?) (dougb@dougbarton.us@127.0.0.1) by localhost with ESMTPAM; 8 Jul 2010 23:26:35 -0000 X-Originating-IP: 127.0.0.1 X-Sender: dougb@dougbarton.us Date: Thu, 8 Jul 2010 16:26:33 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug Barton To: Randi Harper In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: <201007082126.o68LQQx1032102@svn.freebsd.org> <4C36430E.4030504@FreeBSD.org> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (BSF 1167 2008-08-23) X-message-flag: Outlook -- Not just for spreading viruses anymore! OpenPGP: id=1A1ABC84 Organization: http://SupersetSolutions.com/ MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: MULTIPART/MIXED; BOUNDARY="0-1344817088-1278631595=:17178" Cc: svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org, Gabor Kovesdan Subject: Re: svn commit: r209832 - head/usr.sbin/sysinstall X-BeenThere: svn-src-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "SVN commit messages for the entire src tree \(except for " user" and " projects" \)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 08 Jul 2010 23:26:37 -0000 This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. --0-1344817088-1278631595=:17178 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT On Thu, 8 Jul 2010, Randi Harper wrote: > On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 2:28 PM, Gabor Kovesdan wrote: >> Em 2010.07.08. 23:26, Randi Harper escreveu: >>> >>> Author: randi >>> Date: Thu Jul  8 21:26:26 2010 >>> New Revision: 209832 >>> URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/209832 >>> >>> Log: >>>   Revert r209787 pending further discussion. >>> >>>   Approved by: cperciva (mentor) >>> >> >> Thanks! As I mentioned on IRC, I'll also try to improve this feature, I'm >> just very busy with other projects at the moment. Unfortunately the road to the current sysinstall hell was paved with just such good intentions. My suggestion is that we all get out of the way of the people who are, actually, DOING the work. :) > As was mentioned on IRC, I think a good stopgap would be to at least > remove the upgrade option from the main menu. It's not really an > acceptable form of upgrade, it doesn't do an intelligent merging of > config files. It would be better placed in the Fixit submenu if we're > going to be leaving it around for a while and renaming it to something > like "Mangle My Filesystem". :P Sounds like a better option would be to just remove it from the menu altogether and ifdef 0 the code. That way if $SOMEONE wants to step in and fix the existing code within a reasonable period of time (6 months or less?) then they will still have that option, but users won't suffer in the meantime. Doug -- Improve the effectiveness of your Internet presence with a domain name makeover! http://SupersetSolutions.com/ Computers are useless. They can only give you answers. -- Pablo Picasso --0-1344817088-1278631595=:17178--