Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2003 21:40:22 -0800 From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> To: Matthew Emmerton <matt@gsicomp.on.ca> Cc: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org>, Garrett Wollman <wollman@lcs.mit.edu>, FreeBSD current users <current@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: config files and includes. Message-ID: <3E55BBC6.85E1AE7E@mindspring.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0302201905300.43932-100000@InterJet.elischer.org> <001f01c2d957$a44ff1c0$1200a8c0@gsicomp.on.ca>
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Matthew Emmerton wrote: > > On Thu, 20 Feb 2003, Garrett Wollman wrote: > > of course.. > > > > New functionality vs POLA. An age old conflict. > > Isn't POLA the reason why people gave up trying to extend the old standards > (like syslogd and inetd) and decided to build new feature-rich daemons like > msyslog and xinetd? People apparently keep confusing "POLA" with "PONA" -- the "Principle Of No Astonishment". The purpose of POLA is to suppress unnecessary changes, not suppress necessary changes. -- Terry To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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