Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2002 02:13:19 -0800 From: Juli Mallett <jmallett@FreeBSD.org> To: Mark Valentine <mark@thuvia.demon.co.uk> Cc: Garrett Wollman <wollman@lcs.mit.edu>, standards@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why I am opposed to a Standards Ghetto Message-ID: <20021027021319.B799@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <200210270954.g9R9swIX029380@dotar.thuvia.org>; from mark@thuvia.demon.co.uk on Sun, Oct 27, 2002 at 09:54:58AM %2B0000 References: <20021027014427.A98289@FreeBSD.org> <200210270954.g9R9swIX029380@dotar.thuvia.org>
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* De: Mark Valentine <mark@thuvia.demon.co.uk> [ Data: 2002-10-27 ] [ Subjecte: Re: Why I am opposed to a Standards Ghetto ] > > From: Juli Mallett <jmallett@freebsd.org> > > Date: Sun 27 Oct, 2002 > > Subject: Re: Why I am opposed to a Standards Ghetto > > > * De: Mark Valentine <mark@thuvia.demon.co.uk> [ Data: 2002-10-27 ] > > [ Subjecte: Re: Why I am opposed to a Standards Ghetto ] > > > If we do have /usr/posix, however, is there any harm in populating it > > > with any XSI-compatible utilities which people are prepared to support? > > > > IMO you're both on the right trackish, but I'd prefer to see it like this... > > > > /usr/posix Strict POSIX conformance in a utility/library conflict case > > /usr/bsd Strict BSD bug-for-bug compatability in a conflict case > > <...> POSIX+BSD in the no-conflicts case > > Moving the compatibility utilities aside isn't very compatible... > > Can you give any examples of something you'd move to /usr/bsd? What > use would there be for the version left behind? The version left behind would be the "conflicts-free" version. As for something I'd put there... Hmm, ps(1), with the /usr/bsd version preferring BSD in any conflict, /usr/posix preferring POSIX, and the base system either implementing neither in the case of a conflict, or making a value judgement. I'm talking about "strict" compatability/conformance vs. "loose" conflict resolution, with the base system preferring the latter, and the former being available to people who need/want it. > The idea of /usr/bsd on a BSD system seems a little perverse. If you have a better idea of how to refer to "strict traditional BSD behaviour" please let me know :) -- Juli Mallett <jmallett@FreeBSD.org> | FreeBSD: The Power To Serve Will break world for fulltime employment. | finger jmallett@FreeBSD.org http://people.FreeBSD.org/~jmallett/ | Support my FreeBSD hacking! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-standards" in the body of the message
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