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Date:      Fri, 09 Feb 2007 00:18:17 +0000
From:      Florent Thoumie <flz@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org, Brooks Davis <brooks@FreeBSD.org>, freebsd-rc@FreeBSD.org, Norikatsu Shigemura <nork@FreeBSD.org>, FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: conf/104884: Add support EtherChannel configuration to rc.conf
Message-ID:  <45CBBDC9.3050708@FreeBSD.org>
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Doug Barton wrote:
> Brooks Davis wrote:
>> On Thu, Feb 08, 2007 at 11:48:04PM +0000, Florent Thoumie wrote:
>>> Brooks Davis wrote:
>>>> On Thu, Feb 08, 2007 at 11:30:41PM +0000, Florent Thoumie wrote:
>>>>> Brooks Davis wrote:
>>>>>> On Thu, Feb 08, 2007 at 01:55:16PM -0800, Doug Barton wrote:
>>>>>>> Brooks Davis wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The default should be an empty list which results in nothing hap=
pening.
>>>>>>>> I'd suggest making empty list the value for the default gif_inte=
rfaces
>>>>>>>> in /etc/defaults/rc.conf in both branches, removing support for =
NO in
>>>>>>>> CURRENT and emitting a warning in stable.
>>>>>>> How about issuing a warning for NO in both branches? Whether I ag=
ree
>>>>>>> with you or not on the importance of keeping things clean and
>>>>>>> consistent, I definitely do not want to err on the side of pedant=
ry
>>>>>>> over usability.
>>>>>> That would be fine.  I don't really care as long as it's deprecate=
d.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> FWIW, only users who don't update /etc/defaults/rc.conf or who man=
ually
>>>>>> set gif_interfaces=3D"NO" would be effected so the size of the set=
 of
>>>>>> effected users is probalby close to epilon and even all that will =
happen
>>>>>> is cloning an extra interface and then not configuring it so it sh=
ould
>>>>>> be basicly harmless to just remove direct support for it.
>>>>> Fine with me as well. Should we make it a warning on RELENG_6 and a=
n
>>>>> error on HEAD, or a warning on both. The former being be what I was=

>>>>> planning to do, ie. remove support for "NO" in HEAD but issue a mes=
sage
>>>>> saying semantics have changed. The latter would mean identical code=
 in
>>>>> both HEAD and RELENG_6 (so "NO"-compatibility in both branches), bu=
t
>>>>> we'd need a reminder to remove this "NO"-support in HEAD once RELEN=
G_7
>>>>> is branched.
>>>> I'd say a warning in both.
>>> Re-reading Doug's message, he's probably thinking the same thing, but=

>>> this is for gif_interfaces only, right?
>> That's what I'd do.  There's no reason to introduce support for an
>> instantly deprecated feature in a new variable, particularly since
>> gif_interfaces is the odd one out.
>=20
> Yes.

Here's the updated network.subr diff:

http://people.freebsd.org/~flz/local/netsubr.diff

--=20
Florent Thoumie
flz@FreeBSD.org
FreeBSD Committer


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