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Date:      Thu, 31 Aug 2006 13:39:28 +0200 (MET DST)
From:      Helge Oldach <helge.oldach@atosorigin.com>
To:        babkin@users.sf.net
Cc:        trhodes@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org, cvs-src@freebsd.org, gad@freebsd.org, ru@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org, des@des.no
Subject:   Re: "Chatty" config files in /etc
Message-ID:  <200608311139.NAA23217@galaxy.hbg.de.ao-srv.com>
In-Reply-To: <16259775.365821157023067281.JavaMail.root@vms076.mailsrvcs.net> from Sergey Babkin at "Aug 31, 2006  6:17:47 am"

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Sergey Babkin:
>>From: Tom Rhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org>
>>> I think they should be moved to /usr/share/examples/etc/ (like
>>> make.conf), with files in /etc/ representing good (short) defaults
>>> with a minimum of comments and probably references to examples.
>I don't think anything should be moved, nor "chattiness" removed.
>It's a great convenience, to find the examples right in
>the config file, and one of the great things about FreeBSD.

Absolutely, I fully agree, backed by FreeBSD sysadmin experience since
2.1.6.

IMHO mergemaster provides a great tool to properly deal with upgrades of
such "default" files, particularly since the addition of the -U option.

Helge



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