From: Poul-Henning Kamp <p...@critter.freebsd.dk>
Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/pci pcisupport.c 
Date: Wed, 12 May 1999 17:45:45 +0200
Message-ID: <5756.926523...@critter.freebsd.dk>

phk> 
phk> >phk> >    Since newconfig appears technically superior, what are the 
issues that
phk> >phk> >are hindering its acceptance?
phk> >phk> 
phk> >phk> That we want to have no "config" at all.
phk> >
phk> >That is too short an answer.
phk> 
phk> No, it is complete and to the point.
phk> 
phk> >What is the definition of "config"?
phk> 
phk>    config(8)
phk> 
phk> >Why do you want to remove it?
phk> 
phk> Why should we, as a 3rd millenium OS need a static config tool ?

Newconfig is a *dynamic* configuration tool. 
Replacing the old config with newconfig is sufficient for your 
reason to remove config.
Why do you refuse newconfig if it is a better framework
for dynamic configuration?
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Tomoaki Nishiyama
  e-mail:tomo...@biol.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp
         Department of Biological Sciences,
Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo



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