Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2012 13:09:44 -0400 From: Jason Hellenthal <jhellenthal@dataix.net> To: Damien Fleuriot <ml@my.gd> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Pull in upstream before 9.1 code freeze? Message-ID: <20120705170944.GA43725@DataIX.net> In-Reply-To: <4FF5BE93.4010509@my.gd> References: <CA%2BQLa9B-Dm-=hQCrbEgyfO4sKZ5aG72_PEFF9nLhyoy4GRCGrA@mail.gmail.com> <4FF4BEED.10103@FreeBSD.org> <62039A45-92E4-4588-988D-6DF39D7B01E5@bsdimp.com> <201207050922.25815.j.mckeown@ru.ac.za> <20120705082857.GB37083@server.rulingia.com> <4FF55864.8040807@FreeBSD.org> <4FF5BE93.4010509@my.gd>
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On Thu, Jul 05, 2012 at 06:19:31PM +0200, Damien Fleuriot wrote:
> On 7/5/12 11:03 AM, Doug Barton wrote:
> > On 07/05/2012 01:28, Peter Jeremy wrote:
> >> On 2012-Jul-05 09:22:25 +0200, Jonathan McKeown
> >> <j.mckeown@ru.ac.za> wrote:
> >>> As for the idea that Linux refugees need extra help to migrate,
> >>> that's the sort of thinking that led to things like:
> >>>
> >>> alias dir=ls
> >>
> >> Whilst we're on the subject, can we please also have #define BEGIN
> >> { #define END } wired into gcc to help people migrating from Algol
> >> and Pascal.
> >
> > Um, this kind of elitist crap really isn't helpful.
> >
> > If the new feature gets created, and you don't want to use it, turn it
> > off. No problem.
> >
> > I appreciate the people who've spoken up as to why they wouldn't want
> > to use it, but I haven't seen anything yet that says "having this
> > feature is a universally bad idea."
> >
> > Doug
> >
>
>
> As long as it can be toggled off system-wide, persistently (sysctl?), I
> can't see the harm in bringing that in.
Haha sysctl... thats going quite a bit too far into the system for this.
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