Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2007 10:18:12 -0600 From: Brooks Davis <brooks@freebsd.org> To: obrien@freebsd.org, freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Rename sys/*/conf/DEFAULT to _DEFAULT Message-ID: <20071106161812.GD88328@lor.one-eyed-alien.net> In-Reply-To: <20071106160521.GG18357@dragon.NUXI.org>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Tue, Nov 06, 2007 at 08:05:21AM -0800, David O'Brien wrote: > Hi folks, > In the days of modern Unix, many (most?) of us have come to expect and > depend on command-line completion that today's modern shells provide in > order to reduce typing (and inaccurate typing). > > Given that premise, the "DEFAULTS" file in sys/*/conf constantly trips me > up as my kernel files are named "DEO". I know others with kernel configs > named with a 'D' that grumbled when command-line completion was now > thwart due to "DEFAULTS". > > A very simple solution to this is to rename "DEFAULTS" to "_DEFAULTS". > > One of the purposes for DEFAULTS was to semi-hide devices and options > that really aren't optional (unless you really know what you're doing) or > have POLA concerns so they would not be causally removed. So this name > change also puts this file to a different "name space" - and in fact may > better convey "there are no user serviceable parts in here". > > Thoughts? On one level this seems reasonable, on another, I don't see the point since on ever platform kernels beginning with G or N have this issue and on i386 you add at least S and P to that list. It's slightly annoying, but IMO not terribly important and this doesn't actually solve more than 1/3 of the problem at best so I'm not convinced. -- Brooks [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFHMJPEXY6L6fI4GtQRAvA3AJ93d6yCIEbkX+MNq7brSFxGegtLpgCeOYXl G3HQx3/1eA3rcftyzdwe15Y= =5Qy2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----home | help
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