Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 14:10:10 -0500 (EST) From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu> To: fcash@sd73.bc.ca Cc: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: misc/70231: Beastie not by default Message-ID: <200411301910.iAUJABI29251@clunix.cl.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <200411301810.iAUIAHqs093792@freefall.freebsd.org> from "Freddie Cash" at Nov 30, 2004 06:10:17 PM
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> > The following reply was made to PR misc/70231; it has been noted by GNATS. > > From: Freddie Cash <fcash@sd73.bc.ca> > To: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org, hampi@rootshell.be > Cc: > Subject: Re: misc/70231: Beastie not by default > Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 10:01:27 -0800 > > If you look at the Beastie Boot menu, it's really two parts: the menu > itself, and the image. Why not make the two parts independent? It's > not like one actually depends on the other. > > In fact, by making the two independent, you open the door for people to > create their own custom logos. What's wrong with that? > > Ship FreeBSD with the boot menu enabled, the beastie image disabled, and > with a knob for putting in custom images. > > Voila! Everybody wins. Those that just want a menu (which is very > useful), can have just a menu. Those that want a menu and the beastie, > can have that. Those that want a menu and a custom image can have > that. And those that want neither the menu nor the image can have that > as well. > > Why is this such a big deal?? No big deal. Sounds like you now have something to keep you busy over the holidays. When you get it all working, just submit it as a pr. There are instructions for submitting a change on the FreeBSD web site. That's the way things work in the open source freeware community. ////jerry > -- > Freddie Cash, CCNT CCLP Helpdesk / Network Support Tech. > School District 73 (250) 377-HELP [377-4357] > fcash@sd73.bc.ca helpdesk@sd73.bc.ca > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-bugs > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-bugs-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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