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Date:      Fri, 31 Aug 2001 11:06:21 -0700
From:      housel@acm.org (Peter S. Housel)
To:        Dirk Froemberg <dirk@FreeBSD.ORG>
Cc:        Alexander Langer <alex@FreeBSD.ORG>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/etc Makefile src/etc/defaults make.conf src/games/fortune/datfiles freebsd-tips src/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common new.sgml src/share/examples/etc README.examples make.conf src/share/man/man5 make.conf.5 src/share/man/man7 build.7 ...
Message-ID:  <mu9sne8p0iq.wl@cx281057-a.irvn1.occa.home.com>
In-Reply-To: <20010831174552.A63125@physik.TU-Berlin.DE>
References:  <200108302244.f7UMipb68871@freefall.freebsd.org> <20010831174552.A63125@physik.TU-Berlin.DE>

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At Fri, 31 Aug 2001 17:45:53 +0200, Dirk Froemberg wrote:
> I read the "discussion" on arch- and I don't think this is a
> justification for this commit at all.
> 
> IMO /usr/share/examples/etc/ is totally inappropriate for such
> an integral part of the system...

I didn't read the freebsd-arch discussion, but I feel that removing
/etc/defaults/make.conf is a victory for the POLA.  What was the point
in having a file in /etc/defaults that didn't actually set any
default values?  

-Peter-


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