Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1999 08:50:16 +0100 From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> Cc: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@flood.ping.uio.no>, Darren Reed <darrenr@reed.wattle.id.au>, committers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: sysctl descriptions Message-ID: <19262.915954616@critter.freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 09 Jan 1999 23:38:07 PST." <199901100738.XAA03998@dingo.cdrom.com>
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I have backed out the commit DES did before concensus was reached.
I don't think you will be able to sway -core on this one, I tried
for half a year and got nowhere. I used all the same arguments
as you do and then some, but everytime it was pointed out that:
1. This is a documentation issue, not a code isse.
2. We don't have sysctl/ioctl/socketoption doc in the kernel
3. For "normal" systems, it can be done just as good (probably
better) by the KLD distribution containing a file with
the description. For "restricted" systems, you will have
to choose anyway if you want this.
4. It doesn't address multi-lingual doc issues and we wouldn't
want it to in the kernel.
Appeal to: -core.
--
Poul-Henning Kamp FreeBSD coreteam member
phk@FreeBSD.ORG "Real hackers run -current on their laptop."
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