Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2000 17:02:06 +0000 From: Paul Richards <paul@originative.co.uk> To: Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org> Cc: Joe Abley <jabley@patho.gen.nz>, Dominic Mitchell <dom@happygiraffe.net>, Nik Clayton <nik@FreeBSD.org>, Lee Johnston <lee@uk.freebsd.org>, freebsd-users@uk.freebsd.org, brian@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: ispsetup (was: Re: FreeBSD in Dixons) Message-ID: <38CE708E.10FA1F80@originative.co.uk> References: <200003140850.IAA00468@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org>
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Brian Somers wrote: > lots snipped > Wouldn't .../isp/COUNTRY/REGION be better, where you'd have something > like > > .../isp/demon > .../isp/uk/demon > .../isp/nl/demon > .../isp/uk/london/demon > > The 0845 numbers could then appear in the isp/uk/demon file and the > 0171 numbers in the london one etc, and things could default as > appropriate (if .nl have one global number, it can be put at that > level rather than being repeated for various regions that may have > other region-specific stuff). I think it would be better to keep ISP information bundled together so that third-party contibutors, such as the ISP themselves can easily submit updated information. i.e. isp/demon isp/demon/uk isp/demon/nl With the changing landscape of the FreeBSD world its possible that ISPs could be persuaded to provide configuration details for FreeBSD. I'm sure Pavilion, for example, would be willing to provide a configuration bundle for FreeBSD to its customers :-) If we separate ISP information then updating details when an ISP changes their setup is a lot messier and they won't be able to bundle configuration files themselves. ISPs change their numbers a lot more often than countries do, sort of by default since if a country changes its details then so does the ISP, but ISPs may change their phone numbers for other reasons as well. You could add in a isp/defaults/home isp/defaults/work that did some of the things that Windows locations did, such as hold pbx codes. Paul. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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