From owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 12 02:24:18 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5B52216A40F; Fri, 12 May 2006 02:24:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) Received: from server.baldwin.cx (66-23-211-162.clients.speedfactory.net [66.23.211.162]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 38F164428C; Fri, 12 May 2006 02:24:17 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) Received: from localhost (john@localhost [127.0.0.1]) (authenticated bits=0) by server.baldwin.cx (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k4C2OEYC047843; Thu, 11 May 2006 22:24:16 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) From: John Baldwin To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Date: Thu, 11 May 2006 22:24:15 -0400 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.1 References: <1e4841eb0605091838u39a46dfw81cc9f452d9722b6@mail.gmail.com> <52b3de6f0605100610m76d1f63pff216ee866837459@mail.gmail.com> <20060511153306.791b6170.trhodes@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20060511153306.791b6170.trhodes@FreeBSD.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200605112224.18042.jhb@freebsd.org> X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.87.1/1459/Thu May 11 16:46:49 2006 on server.baldwin.cx X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.4 required=4.2 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.1.0 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.0 (2005-09-13) on server.baldwin.cx Cc: Tom Rhodes , flz@freebsd.org, arch@freebsd.org, marcus@freebsd.org, Ricardo Nabinger Sanchez , needacoder@gmail.com Subject: Re: Patch for adding /media to FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussion related to FreeBSD architecture List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 02:24:18 -0000 On Thursday 11 May 2006 15:33, Tom Rhodes wrote: > On Wed, 10 May 2006 10:10:22 -0300 > > "Ricardo Nabinger Sanchez" wrote: > > On 5/10/06, Florent Thoumie wrote: > > > The main idea behind using /media is to reduce the porting efforts, > > > read Marcus' posts. > > > > > > PS: This really is bikeshedding. > > > > I completely agree -- that's why (I wrote that) I don't have strong > > objections. I may be misusing /mnt for ages. :) > > We should just change the wording everywhere to "/mnt is there > so users can create directories underneath. These directories > may then be used as mount points for various devices." It's not just changing the text, but behavior that has been hard-wired into FreeBSD users all over the planet for the past N years. -- John Baldwin <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve" = http://www.FreeBSD.org