On Tue, 19 Dec 1995, Perry E. Metzger wrote:

> Some (possibly controversial) comments:
> 
> 1) I think that everyone agrees that it would be better if packages
>    could just drop an initialization file into the "right place" and
>    have the "right thing" happen -- i.e. that the notion of an rc.d
>    isn't so bad, but that it doesn't by itself solve some problems.
> 2) I think that people generally agree that run levels aren't
>    something we want in NetBSD.

I for one would see runlevels as a big plus for NetBSD. Most other admins 
I know of shares my view on this. I certainly don't think there is a 
consensus against run levels. On the other hand there seem to be no 
consensus whatsoever on this topic.

Peter