From owner-freebsd-rc@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 5 19:00:51 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 DB10416A4E2 for ; Mon, 5 Feb 2007 19:00:50 +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 EFE8013C4BB for ; Mon, 5 Feb 2007 19:00:44 +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 l15J0i7f063124 for ; Mon, 5 Feb 2007 19:00:44 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.13.4/8.13.4/Submit) id l15J0ilj063123; Mon, 5 Feb 2007 19:00:44 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2007 19:00:44 GMT Message-Id: <200702051900.l15J0ilj063123@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-rc@FreeBSD.org From: Florent Thoumie 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: Florent Thoumie 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: Mon, 05 Feb 2007 19:00:51 -0000 The following reply was made to PR conf/104884; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Florent Thoumie To: Doug Barton Cc: Brooks Davis , 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: Mon, 05 Feb 2007 18:46:51 +0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enigEB8CC80FB262C2C8C1201611 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Doug Barton wrote: > Florent Thoumie wrote: >> Brooks Davis wrote: >>> On Mon, Feb 05, 2007 at 04:14:50PM +0000, Florent Thoumie wrote: >>>> Norikatsu Shigemura wrote: >>>>> On Sat, 28 Oct 2006 16:10:18 GMT >>>>> FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org wrote: >>>>>> Thank you very much for your problem report. >>>>>> It has the internal identification `conf/104884'. >>>>>> The individual assigned to look at your >>>>>> report is: freebsd-bugs. You can access the state of your problem >>>>>> report at any time >>>>>> via this link: >>>>>> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=3D104884 >>>>>>> Category: conf >>>>>>> Responsible: freebsd-bugs >>>>>>> Synopsis: Add support EtherChannel configuration to rc.conf= >>>>>>> Arrival-Date: Sat Oct 28 16:10:18 GMT 2006 >>>>> I chased HEAD. Please see following patch. >>>>> Anyone, please handle this PR? >>>>> And I'll make a patch for 6-stable. >>>>> >>>> I've made my comments on this. Maybe someone else should review it? >>> It seems basicly fine and should be useful. (At least until someone >>> finally shoots the netgraph part of ng_fec in the head.) I'd like to= >>> see "" be the offical way to not configure any fec interfaces. gif_up= 's >>> use of NO is a mistake (IMO). It would be OK to allow "NO" as an >>> undocumented synanim for "". >> >> Agreed, as said in my previous post. >> >> I think we could just set gif_interfaces and fec_interfaces to "" in >> -CURRENT and add the "NO" compatibility in RELENG_6 when MFC time come= s? >> That would be a candidate for 7.0 RELNOTES. >> >> Does it make any sense to you? >=20 > My instinct is to have it the other way around, with "NO" being the > default, and "" being a synonym. We've trained people that "NO" is the > way to turn things off with rc, and the one glaring exception to that > rule (sendmail) has caused an enormous amount of confusion over the yea= rs. >=20 > Other than that, I have no objections here. IMHO, it makes sense to have "NO" as opposed to "YES". In this case, it's a list. So an empty list would be "", but keeping "NO"-compatibility for the -STABLE branch ensures POLA. At least that's how I see it. --=20 Florent Thoumie flz@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD Committer --------------enigEB8CC80FB262C2C8C1201611 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFx3uyMxEkbVFH3PQRCqhkAKCQBImTiFhsraqP5cUh45Y/C5MIhACeJupV NYtNF9lLKx9vyWC+JZHSr0E= =HVOK -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enigEB8CC80FB262C2C8C1201611--