Date: Fri, 20 Jun 1997 13:11:19 +0300 (EEST) From: Andrew Stesin <stesin@gu.net> To: Joerg Wunsch <joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG, Adam David <adam@veda.is> Subject: Re: getty modem control Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970620130332.720H-100000@trifork.gu.net> In-Reply-To: <19970620073506.MK21253@uriah.heep.sax.de>
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Hi, On Fri, 20 Jun 1997, J Wunsch wrote: > > 1. Would anyone be terribly upset if I added modem string grabbing support > > to getty? This would be useful for logging caller ID and connect speed. I will. > If you need mgetty, better use mgetty. There's no use to invent a > second all-singing all-dancing getty, i'd be more happy to keep the ^^^^^^ I think there are about several dozens "smart" getty's around already and have been for years. uugetty comes to mind, for example. > standard getty reasonably small, more targeted towards regular needs > and non-broken modems. > Fixing all the related programs to chatting with a > modem will become an endless mess. Sure. > If you don't agree on this, please agree on forking off the old > (pre-David N) getty as ``getty-light'', so i could continue to use > this version then. I refuse to use broken modems anyway, and i don't > need the creeping featurism. (Not meant as a personal offense, but as > a general statement.) A second this wholeheartly. Also the "lightweight" setup is much easier to administer when you have at least 16 modems per box. > -- > cheers, J"org > > joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE > Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-) > Best regards, Andrew Stesin nic-hdl: ST73-RIPE
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