Date: Thu, 05 Jul 2012 18:19:31 +0200 From: Damien Fleuriot <ml@my.gd> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Pull in upstream before 9.1 code freeze? Message-ID: <4FF5BE93.4010509@my.gd> In-Reply-To: <4FF55864.8040807@FreeBSD.org> 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>
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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.
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