On Sat, 6 May 2000, Ken Hornstein wrote:

# Date: Sat, 06 May 2000 01:26:51 -0400
# From: Ken Hornstein <kenh@cmf.nrl.navy.mil>
# To: tech-userlevel@netbsd.org
# Subject: Re: Proposed rc.d changes.... 
# 
# ># >From my point of view, a new startup system was proposed.  Various
# ># people made comments about it.  I fully believe that the general
# ># consensus was that the new system was a good thing.
# >
# >What are you smoking?  I haven't seen a general consensus stating anything
# >to that direction.
# 
# Sigh.  I can only disagree with your interpretation.  This has been
# an ongoing discussion for YEARS.  The general agreement (and if
# anyone ELSE disagrees with me, please come forward) has been that
# rc.d stuff is fine, and that runlevels are not necessary (I don't
# want to rehash the arguments for/against rc.d and runlevels, but
# I strongly believe this is a belief held by the majority of the
# NetBSD community; and no, I can't easily prove it).  I have seen
# objections to this particular implementation, but I view that as
# implementation differences, not differences with the whole rc.d
# scheme.
# 
# In fact, in my mind the use of rc.d was decided a long time ago (years).
# We're just now getting to the implementation.

Ken.  You are not listening to what I was objecting to.  rc.d I can deal
with.

What I can't deal with is the splintering of rc.*conf* into rc.*conf*.d,
with some codgered-up tool like "virc".

I'm sorry if I didn't make myself clear on that point.  I can deal with
rc.d - it's OK.  I'm not thrilled with it seeing as it removes a lot
of warm fuzzies, but I don't want to have to edit basic startup configurations
which consist of one or two, maybe three lines, scattered all over creation.

If you can go back and re-read my message with that in mind and come back
and say the same things, I'll be greatly surprised.

# Now, I understand some people have objections to the current rc.d
# scheme.  I personally have my problems with it (for the record,
# I would have preferred a straight port of the Sys V S*/K* scripts,
# no runlevels), but as I understand it, the particulars of how rc.d
# has been implemented haven't been fully resolved yet.  If _that_
# is your complaint, then I think that's still an ongoing process, and
# I'd wait to see what happens.

Again, I'm sorry for capping off on this.  I'm not looking to make enemies.
Complaint == rc.conf.d.  Nuff Said.

# --Ken

				--*greywolf;
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