Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1999 19:48:04 -0800 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Paul Richards <paul@originative.co.uk> Cc: committers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Registry issues. Message-ID: <199901110348.TAA86056@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 10 Jan 1999 23:34:07 GMT." <E40CBF0361C7D111914000C0F0303D108863@OCTOPUS>
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> > > > What we really need is a registry without the mistakes M$ did in > > NT... > > Hey, that's exactly what I've been thinking for ages (I spend more time > than I'd like working with NT systems these days and there are some > points that are worth picking out from it). I feared raising it because > in a previous mail from you regarding sysctl you specifically say > "sysctl will not become a M$ registry" :-) I think Poul's point is that he would like us not to make the same mistakes, not that we shouldn't have a registry at all. I'd hold the Apollo Aegis/DomainOS registry up as a better example. > Maybe we could start a discussion on how we think a registry should work > if implemented correctly. Could it for instance include device access > information :-) (seriously though, it might be the answer). This should definitely move to freebsd-arch for that. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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