Date: Fri, 8 Nov 2002 11:36:51 -0500 From: Tom Rhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org> To: Eric Anderson <anderson@centtech.com> Cc: wyldephyre2@yahoo.com, kheuer@gwdg.de, mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org, advocacy@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Companies awaiting 5.0 technology Message-ID: <20021108113651.4d721cae.trhodes@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <3DCBD040.7010900@centtech.com> References: <20021108113648.80417.qmail@web11807.mail.yahoo.com> <3DCBD040.7010900@centtech.com>
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On Fri, 08 Nov 2002 08:54:56 -0600 Eric Anderson <anderson@centtech.com> wrote: > Haikal Saadh wrote: > > Pick 'N' Mix from the release notes here: > > http://www.freebsd.org/releases/5.0R/DP1/relnotes-i386.html > > At least that's for DP1, but should be a good idea of what's in > > store. > > Here's a few things I think look "cool": > lomac(4) > nmdm(4) > PECOFF (??) > options REGRESSION (??) > conscontrol(8) > vinum (new changes, enhancements) > snapshots > extended attributes for files/directories > Inode filesystem (IFS) > Access Control Lists (ACLs) > NFS enhancements > pseudofs (??) > ACPI support > devinfo tool > background fscking (background_fsck in rc.conf(5)) > growfs - not new, but still cool > nsswitch - hosts.conf is dead > PAM enhancements, and new modules > rpc.lockd - NFS locking > > We can (and should) hunt the developers of these features down and ask > > for details.. Some are just "honorable mentions", but some are full > blown kick-arse features (like snapshots). > > Eric > > > > -- > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > Eric Anderson Systems Administrator Centaur Technology > Beware the fury of a patient man. > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > I will be doing documentation on some of these features (snapshots && File System Access Control Lists) so if you have questions then just ask me. Although I can't promise much :) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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