From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 27 23:12:00 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4422D106566B; Wed, 27 Jun 2012 23:12:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from Devin.Teske@fisglobal.com) Received: from mx1.fisglobal.com (mx1.fisglobal.com [199.200.24.190]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 069928FC27; Wed, 27 Jun 2012 23:11:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.fisglobal.com ([10.132.206.31]) by ltcfislmsgpa04.fnfis.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id q5RNBwp9024836 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NOT); Wed, 27 Jun 2012 18:11:58 -0500 Received: from [10.0.0.101] (10.14.152.61) by smtp.fisglobal.com (10.132.206.31) with Microsoft SMTP Server (TLS) id 14.2.283.3; Wed, 27 Jun 2012 18:11:58 -0500 From: Devin Teske Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2012 16:11:56 -0700 Message-ID: To: MIME-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1257) X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1257) X-Originating-IP: [10.14.152.61] X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=2.50.10432:5.7.7855, 1.0.260, 0.0.0000 definitions=2012-06-27_05:2012-06-27, 2012-06-27, 1970-01-01 signatures=0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Devin Teske , Ron McDowell Subject: [HEADS-UP] Import of src/usr.sbin/bsdconfig from sysutils/bsdconfig (ports) X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Devin Teske List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2012 23:12:00 -0000 Hi All, I'd like to announce that I intend to import bsdconfig(8) today. =3D=3D=3D Run-up=85 Q. What is bsdconfig(8)? A. dialog(1) based post-install configuration utility for configuring/manag= ing various aspects of FreeBSD. Q. What does it look like? A. No screenshots, but I do have a graphic illustrating the menu layout=85 http://druidbsd.sf.net/download/bsdconfig/bsdconfig-0.7.0-ic.svg Q. Why do we need this in base? A. Because this functionality was exactly produced by sysinstall(8) which h= as been deprecated (will not exist in FreeBSD 10). FreeBSD-9 is where bsdin= stall is being evaluated as a replacement for the install functionality of = sysinstall(8) meanwhile bsdconfig is to replace the configuration/managemen= t functionalities of sysinstall. Q. Did you discuss this with anyone? A. Everyone that would listen in the past 6 months as we run up to the 9.1 = code freeze. Q. Did anyone test this? A. Ron, myself, and about 8 others in the community did both high-level tes= ting, low-level review, and more over the past 6 months. Q. If it doesn't go well, can we back it out? A. Sure -- it's entirely self contained. src/usr.sbin/bsdconfig is the only= directory being touched (oh, and the Makefile in the parent directory to a= dd the new SUBDIR). Any other questions, don't hesitate to ask. =3D=3D=3D Heads-up=85 Code will land in src/usr.sbin/bsdconfig and _nowhere_ else. The code will be voluminous (~20k LOC across ~150 files including ~30 Makef= iles). The code is entirely in sh(1) (don't knock it until you've seen it). The code used in this tool and all sub-modules was developed primarily over= a 150-day period, but in reality contains code developed and revised over = the past 5 years, entirely BSD licensed! All code was written by Ron McDowell and myself. =3D=3D=3D If there are no complaints by End-Of-Day (EOD), I'll go ahead and import. --=20 Cheers, Devin _____________ The information contained in this message is proprietary and/or confidentia= l. If you are not the intended recipient, please: (i) delete the message an= d all copies; (ii) do not disclose, distribute or use the message in any ma= nner; and (iii) notify the sender immediately. In addition, please be aware= that any message addressed to our domain is subject to archiving and revie= w by persons other than the intended recipient. Thank you.