Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2007 11:33:03 -0500 From: Alexander Kabaev <kabaev@gmail.com> To: obrien@freebsd.org Cc: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Rename sys/*/conf/DEFAULT to _DEFAULT Message-ID: <20071106113303.00ff6912@kan.dnsalias.net> In-Reply-To: <20071106160521.GG18357@dragon.NUXI.org> References: <20071106160521.GG18357@dragon.NUXI.org>
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--Sig_/YOuNJ/C+N3n4+24bjZqLGqE Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, 6 Nov 2007 08:05:21 -0800 "David O'Brien" <obrien@freebsd.org> wrote: > Hi folks, > In the days of modern Unix, many (most?) of us have come to expect and > depend on command-line completion that today's modern shells provide > in order to reduce typing (and inaccurate typing). >=20 > Given that premise, the "DEFAULTS" file in sys/*/conf constantly > trips me up as my kernel files are named "DEO". I know others with > kernel configs named with a 'D' that grumbled when command-line > completion was now thwart due to "DEFAULTS". >=20 > A very simple solution to this is to rename "DEFAULTS" to "_DEFAULTS". >=20 > One of the purposes for DEFAULTS was to semi-hide devices and options > that really aren't optional (unless you really know what you're > doing) or have POLA concerns so they would not be causally removed. > So this name change also puts this file to a different "name space" - > and in fact may better convey "there are no user serviceable parts in > here". >=20 > Thoughts? Hi, my thoughts are: gratuitous and unnecessary. Renaming _your_ config file to something else is a better alternative, IMHO. And it has no impact on others as a side benefit.=20 --=20 Alexander Kabaev --Sig_/YOuNJ/C+N3n4+24bjZqLGqE Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFHMJc/Q6z1jMm+XZYRAmVJAJ9S4aI/5FVyT5M6ejWE1jwuxxW5zgCg6SZs ONNem0c7ioIMwkT31kwokXk= =wbnw -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/YOuNJ/C+N3n4+24bjZqLGqE--
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