From owner-freebsd-questions Tue May 13 16:47:18 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id QAA25275 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 13 May 1997 16:47:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: from rosie.scsn.net (scsn.net [206.25.246.12]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id QAA25265 for ; Tue, 13 May 1997 16:47:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: from cola68.scsn.net ([206.25.247.68]) by rosie.scsn.net (Post.Office MTA v3.0 release 0121 ID# 0-32322U5000L100S10000) with ESMTP id AAA132 for ; Tue, 13 May 1997 19:40:40 -0400 Received: (from root@localhost) by cola68.scsn.net (8.8.5/8.6.12) id TAA01792; Tue, 13 May 1997 19:46:59 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <19970513194659.14359@cola68.scsn.net> Date: Tue, 13 May 1997 19:46:59 -0400 From: "Donald J. Maddox" To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD 2.1.7 and COMPAT_43 -Reply References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.69 In-Reply-To: ; from Robert Clark on Tue, May 13, 1997 at 04:33:49PM -0700 Reply-To: dmaddox@scsn.net Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Tue, May 13, 1997 at 04:33:49PM -0700, Robert Clark wrote: > Gas is optional in a car, but it won't run without it. That's a clever answer, but I think it still doesn't address my point... Don't you think it would be better if _required_ parts of the kernel were included by default, thereby saving enormous bandwith wastage on threads of this nature? Why give newbies the opportunity to shoot themselves in the foot needlessly? If "required options" were simply not listed as config options, what would be the down side? -- Donald J. Maddox (dmaddox@scsn.net)