Date: Thu, 10 Apr 1997 13:09:10 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: terry@lambert.org (Terry Lambert) Cc: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, terry@lambert.org, avalon@coombs.anu.edu.au, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: on the subject of changes to -RELEASEs... Message-ID: <199704100339.NAA29834@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <199704072026.NAA02009@phaeton.artisoft.com> from Terry Lambert at "Apr 7, 97 01:26:29 pm"
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Terry Lambert stands accused of saying: > > > > If you are taking your 2.2.1 sources and patching them to -STABLE, > > you upgrade /etc/ like anyone else with source does. > > Contestant #1: That would be "By hand" for an hour, Bob... > Bob: Ab-So-LUTE-Ly Right! Ah, about five minutes. Especially if you're the neat sort that makes notes. > Is this true? It's not how I remember it... are you saying that if > I modified init for rc.d style operation and run states, that the > change in operation would be acceptable for integration? If you were to do it in such a fashion that it was optional, ie. people who actually liked the way that BSD does it now could still have that, then yes, I believe it would. (Stuffs rabid anti-sysv-ists into sack, adds rocks, pushes into canal.) > > You are detracting from a practically achievable solution by claiming to > > advocate a solution that is not workable within the current constraints. > > So modify the constraints. 8-). Give me the money. Wire my eyes open. You get the picture 8) > Terry Lambert -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[
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