From owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 9 00:23:29 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 402A516A405; Fri, 9 Feb 2007 00:23:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from flz@FreeBSD.org) Received: from smtp1-g19.free.fr (smtp1-g19.free.fr [212.27.42.27]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BDC5613C428; Fri, 9 Feb 2007 00:23:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from flz@FreeBSD.org) Received: from smtp.xbsd.org (unknown [82.233.2.192]) by smtp1-g19.free.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9160E3396; Fri, 9 Feb 2007 01:23:27 +0100 (CET) Received: from localhost (localhost.xbsd.org [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.xbsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 31CC211B4F; Fri, 9 Feb 2007 01:23:26 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at xbsd.org Received: from smtp.xbsd.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (srv1.xbsd.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id qcdEPffgllQp; Fri, 9 Feb 2007 01:23:19 +0100 (CET) Received: from [193.120.13.130] (cream.xbsd.org [193.120.13.130]) by smtp.xbsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0E0C1117C5; Fri, 9 Feb 2007 01:23:17 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <45CBBDC9.3050708@FreeBSD.org> Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2007 00:18:17 +0000 From: Florent Thoumie User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.9 (X11/20070122) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Doug Barton References: <20070205163646.GB48768@lor.one-eyed-alien.net> <45C75E1F.2070709@FreeBSD.org> <45C77AFD.1050801@FreeBSD.org> <45C77B9B.20403@FreeBSD.org> <20070205190220.GA51379@lor.one-eyed-alien.net> <45CB9C44.8010207@FreeBSD.org> <20070208224659.GA96852@lor.one-eyed-alien.net> <45CBB2A1.706@FreeBSD.org> <20070208234737.GA98583@lor.one-eyed-alien.net> <45CBB6B4.7050407@FreeBSD.org> <20070209000109.GA98754@lor.one-eyed-alien.net> <45CBBB4E.1030007@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <45CBBB4E.1030007@FreeBSD.org> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig59D108A34FC56C76D5FE6DA7" Cc: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org, Brooks Davis , freebsd-rc@FreeBSD.org, Norikatsu Shigemura , FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: conf/104884: Add support EtherChannel configuration to rc.conf X-BeenThere: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2007 00:23:29 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig59D108A34FC56C76D5FE6DA7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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 --------------enig59D108A34FC56C76D5FE6DA7 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFy73OMxEkbVFH3PQRCrb0AJ93RAfQtJBEaN+vnZYfNX9ZITYvTgCfQ9FQ 68/45jWOhtBJHWxpAsleAmE= =ArTm -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig59D108A34FC56C76D5FE6DA7--