From owner-freebsd-rc@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 9 00:10:34 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-rc@hub.freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-rc@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1ED2E16A400 for ; Fri, 9 Feb 2007 00:10:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [69.147.83.40]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DC9D513C4B2 for ; Fri, 9 Feb 2007 00:10:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id l190AXAb024218 for ; Fri, 9 Feb 2007 00:10:33 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.13.4/8.13.4/Submit) id l190AXss024217; Fri, 9 Feb 2007 00:10:33 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2007 00:10:33 GMT Message-Id: <200702090010.l190AXss024217@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-rc@FreeBSD.org From: Brooks Davis Cc: Subject: Re: conf/104884: Add support EtherChannel configuration to rc.conf X-BeenThere: freebsd-rc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Brooks Davis List-Id: "Discussion related to /etc/rc.d design and implementation." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2007 00:10:34 -0000 The following reply was made to PR conf/104884; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Brooks Davis To: Florent Thoumie Cc: Brooks Davis , Doug Barton , Norikatsu Shigemura , freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org, FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-rc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: conf/104884: Add support EtherChannel configuration to rc.conf Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2007 18:01:09 -0600 On Thu, Feb 08, 2007 at 11:48:04PM +0000, Florent Thoumie wrote: > Brooks Davis wrote: > > On Thu, Feb 08, 2007 at 11:30:41PM +0000, Florent Thoumie wrote: > >> Brooks Davis wrote: > >>> On Thu, Feb 08, 2007 at 01:55:16PM -0800, Doug Barton wrote: > >>>> Brooks Davis wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> The default should be an empty list which results in nothing happening. > >>>>> I'd suggest making empty list the value for the default gif_interfaces > >>>>> in /etc/defaults/rc.conf in both branches, removing support for NO in > >>>>> CURRENT and emitting a warning in stable. > >>>> How about issuing a warning for NO in both branches? Whether I agree > >>>> with you or not on the importance of keeping things clean and > >>>> consistent, I definitely do not want to err on the side of pedantry > >>>> over usability. > >>> That would be fine. I don't really care as long as it's deprecated. > >>> > >>> FWIW, only users who don't update /etc/defaults/rc.conf or who manually > >>> set gif_interfaces="NO" would be effected so the size of the set of > >>> effected users is probalby close to epilon and even all that will happen > >>> is cloning an extra interface and then not configuring it so it should > >>> be basicly harmless to just remove direct support for it. > >> Fine with me as well. Should we make it a warning on RELENG_6 and an > >> error on HEAD, or a warning on both. The former being be what I was > >> planning to do, ie. remove support for "NO" in HEAD but issue a message > >> saying semantics have changed. The latter would mean identical code in > >> both HEAD and RELENG_6 (so "NO"-compatibility in both branches), but > >> we'd need a reminder to remove this "NO"-support in HEAD once RELENG_7 > >> is branched. > > > > I'd say a warning in both. > > Re-reading Doug's message, he's probably thinking the same thing, but > this is for gif_interfaces only, right? That's what I'd do. There's no reason to introduce support for an instantly deprecated feature in a new variable, particularly since gif_interfaces is the odd one out. -- Brooks