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Date:      Sat, 6 Jun 2015 19:52:35 +0800
From:      bycn82 <bycn82@gmail.com>
To:        Ian Smith <smithi@nimnet.asn.au>
Cc:        Lev Serebryakov <lev@freebsd.org>, freebsd-ipfw <freebsd-ipfw@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Please, review my change to ipfw, I want to commit it :)
Message-ID:  <CAC%2BJH2w%2BKwom5vpwfjtQzxh_C_tTY6khWHH9ZYfFAJ3Y=Oj5rQ@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20150606154353.M91076@sola.nimnet.asn.au>
References:  <556C6CBB.5010803@FreeBSD.org> <20150602214303.V91076@sola.nimnet.asn.au> <20150606154353.M91076@sola.nimnet.asn.au>

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*Hello,*
*Can you please explain what is going one again,*
*Sorry I did not follow the emails, I am not checking the FB email for a
while, *
*I think I missed some emails.*
*e.g *
*what is the purpose of the "*skip-immediate-action"
*Regards,*
*Bycn82*

On 6 June 2015 at 13:58, Ian Smith <smithi@nimnet.asn.au> wrote:

> Lev, a further thought.
>
> I've seen melifaro's new comments, but can't comment on those except
> that we are agreed on really needing some usage examples.
>
> On Tue, 2 Jun 2015 22:39:40 +1000, Ian Smith wrote:
>
>  > It would be nice if skip-immediate-action could be shortened, especially
>  > where printed by ip_fw2.c .. skip-action may be enough?  defer-action?
>
> This use of 'skip' bugs me in another way; it could easily be confused
> by some with skipto, just by use of the word.  Various example rulesets
> actually use $skip as shorthand for 'skipto $somerule', for example.
>
> I think that 'defer' - put off to a later time, postpone - or perhaps
> less favourably but similar enough, 'delay', would provide clearer
> meaning here, especially if the deferred action is itself a 'skipto'.
>
> cheers, Ian
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