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Date:      Fri, 11 May 2007 15:26:46 +0200
From:      Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net>
To:        Eric Anderson <anderson@freebsd.org>
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: [PATCH] Fancy rc startup (revisited)
Message-ID:  <20070511152646.g6n5r7k2tcw00ow4@webmail.leidinger.net>
In-Reply-To: <464464BB.3090100@freebsd.org>
References:  <464464BB.3090100@freebsd.org>

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Quoting Eric Anderson <anderson@freebsd.org> (from Fri, 11 May 2007 =20
07:42:35 -0500):

> About a year ago, I posted[1] a patch to 6-STABLE that added a fancy rc
> startup style similar to linux, with the [OK], [FAILED], etc printouts.
>   That patch had serious bit rot and other issues, and so I've now
> revamped it to work on -CURRENT, with a more refined usage, and
> defaults to off.

I think it is better suited in the rc mailinglist.

> I'd rather stay away from a massive bikeshedding, so let me summarize:

AFAIR the outcome of the last discussion was, that it is ok as long as =20
the default is to keep the current way of displaying things (which is =20
what your patch does). So if there are no technical issues with the =20
patch, it should be ok to commit them.

> I'd like to here feedback, and would love to see this go in to the

Do you have a screenshot? People love screenshots and you may get some =20
voices like "I want to have this!" from people which fear to install a =20
patch or from those which don't have time to patch.

Bye,
Alexander.

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