Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 11:51:42 -0700 From: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> To: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> Cc: Oliver Fromme <olli@lurza.secnetix.de>, freebsd-rc@freebsd.org, Ian Smith <smithi@nimnet.asn.au>, Cezary Morga <cm@therek.net> Subject: Re: 8.0 rc.d scripts less verbose? Message-ID: <4AB91CBE.5030303@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <200909221343.24541.jhb@freebsd.org> References: <op.u0aywxkp8527sy@82-170-177-25.ip.telfort.nl> <20090917183525.O73400@sola.nimnet.asn.au> <4AB21295.5080103@FreeBSD.org> <200909221343.24541.jhb@freebsd.org>
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John Baldwin wrote:
> On Thursday 17 September 2009 6:42:29 am Doug Barton wrote:
>>> Also, I agree with Oliver; YES should probably be the default
>>> (POLA) so folks annoyed by 'too much information' in console.log
>>> can disable it.
>> This late in the release cycle I'm comfortable adding a knob, but I'm
>> not comfortable toggling the default. If there is consensus on the
>> freebsd-rc list to make the default "yes" then I will go with that
>> consensus.
>
> I actually vote for getting this into 8.0 and turning the messages back on to
> undo the current POLA violation in 8.0. The biggest thing I think is just
> restoring the functionality as the messages are handy when debugging a
> startup issue.
I made the change in HEAD 5 days ago with the default to off, I can
easily switch that to on if that is the consensus. I also sent a
message to re@ around the same time but haven't heard back from them.
Doug
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