Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2005 12:07:42 -0700 From: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> To: Tom Rhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org> Cc: src-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, obrien@FreeBSD.org, markm@FreeBSD.org, "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc group master.passwd Message-ID: <20050609190742.GA22961@odin.ac.hmc.edu> In-Reply-To: <20050609111353.7edab77b@mobile.pittgoth.com> References: <20050609120120.GC73244@dragon.NUXI.org> <200506091257.j59CvVNu043268@grovel.grondar.org> <20050609.085953.81089963.imp@bsdimp.com> <20050609111353.7edab77b@mobile.pittgoth.com>
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--ZGiS0Q5IWpPtfppv Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Jun 09, 2005 at 11:13:53AM -0400, Tom Rhodes wrote: > On Thu, 09 Jun 2005 08:59:53 -0600 (MDT) > "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> wrote: >=20 > > In message: <200506091257.j59CvVNu043268@grovel.grondar.org> > > Mark Murray <markm@freebsd.org> writes: > > : "David O'Brien" writes: > > : > > It's not a FreeBSD convention. If the underscore serves no other > > : > > purpose than satisfying an OpenBSD convention, it should go. > > : >=20 > > : > Agreed. > > :=20 > > : Also agreed. > >=20 > > These user names are coded into the programs we're importing. As > > such, if we change the names that are used, then we have to change the > > code that references them too. For _pflogd, this would mean taking > > files off the vendor branches. For _dhcp, it isn't so bad. By why > > gratuitously change it? >=20 > While I like the idea of removing the underscore, I'm worried > about the potential havoc that could have on future imports. >=20 > Would we be creating even more work for those who maintain them > just because the underscores are ``not convention?'' I don't care about the work in the dhcp case. We're deliberately going to allow dhclient to diverge from OpenBSD as needed. It's not such a massive program that we need to be overly paranoid about difficulty of merges. At this point I'm seeing a roughly even split in opinion so I plan to leave it alone unless that changes dramatically. -- Brooks --=20 Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE. PGP fingerprint 655D 519C 26A7 82E7 2529 9BF0 5D8E 8BE9 F238 1AD4 --ZGiS0Q5IWpPtfppv Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFCqJN9XY6L6fI4GtQRAq1iAKClSsHVRVI52vmaC7qMX7zWgBdSlgCeK7sV k4h+vHwpaOQH2/CcUNvktZY= =OIcM -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --ZGiS0Q5IWpPtfppv--
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