Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2004 22:08:25 +0200 From: Shaun Jurrens <shaun.jurrens@ude.oslo.kommune.no> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: RFC: Alternate patch to have true new-style rc.d scripts in ports (without touching localpkg) Message-ID: <20040816200825.GL61024@nevada.ude.oslo.no>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] (written from the non-subscribing ranks) Guys, while all of us appreciate the effort, leave the separation between system and 3rd party packages alone. For the less than 1% exceptions, we don't need uncontrollable growth of / . I know there's a lot of OS's that do it, but it's not any better, and breaks a lot of the administration simplicity that FreeBSD has to offer. (minimal installs with nfs /usr/local, for example) A class of ports that _has_ to have configs or startup scripts in /etc could be made (I'm not volunteering, although I should, because I'll spend the rest of my days cursing your existance with this move, just don't have the time atm) and those could pop up in /etc/init.d/local (or whatever the beast has to be called to be sufficiently different but the same as the rest of the SysV world) or /etc/rc.d/local/ with hardlinks to whatever other runlevels or degrees of order you need. Really, I appreciate the effort at making it easier to stop and start all services and to have a system of ordering and dependency as well as the cooperation with other BSD's, but don't make it perfect at the cost of breaking everything else. You've done a great job, now quit while you're ahead. I'll leave the paint and brush ready for the next guy... hope he likes green. -- Med vennlig hilsen/Sincerely, Shaun D. Jurrens Drift og Sikkerhetskonsulent IKT-Avdeling Oslo Utdanningsetaten gpg key fingerprint: 007A B6BD 8B1B BAB9 C583 2D19 3A7F 4A3E F83E 84AE [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFBIRQ5On9KPvg+hK4RAhgOAJ42xnnW+DlCMRzF1y9bE9D2pVdGUgCdGwZQ vsL+MTA2tLlBjlel1dHOCCM= =R46p -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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