On 15 May 2011 15:30, Randal L. Schwartz <mer...@stonehenge.com> wrote:
> >>>>> "Chris" == Chris Telting <christopher...@telting.org> writes: > > Chris> I honestly tried when I posted the question to avoid the question > Chris> of right or wrong. I simply have one opinion for my own need and > Chris> preference and don't want to go into rigid detail and did not > Chris> mean to reopen the issue. I simply wanted to know if anyone had a > Chris> patch already or a flag enabled it. It's similar to the phrase > Chris> that if you have to ask you can't afford it except in this case > Chris> it means you can. I have a feeling someone somewhere did it. If > Chris> no one comes forward I will post a proper patch for review and > Chris> maintain documentation of the pitfalls to the extent I can and > Chris> that others forward to me. I have no desire to change Freebsd's > Chris> standard practice. I leave that to the steering committee of each > Chris> and every distribution of unix like systems. I am simply grateful > Chris> to be able to make my development systems work the way I want it > Chris> to because I want it to. It's a question of complete phylosophy > Chris> to me as to the base unix permissions system. I simply know what > Chris> appeals most to me the way that I use systems. We all love > Chris> Freebsd because it means choice. I apologize to anyone that > Chris> thinks I reopened a can of worms and wasted time, it was not my > Chris> goal. > > When a child reaches for a hot stove, the only moral thing to do is pull > their hand back, without hesitating. > > That's what we're trying to do for you. Why are you not getting it? > > You *will* get burned. Why do you not trust the community to notice > that for you? > > -- > Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 > <mer...@stonehenge.com> <URL:http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/> > Smalltalk/Perl/Unix consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. > See http://methodsandmessages.posterous.com/ for Smalltalk discussion > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" > I also think you would get a similar reaction from the majority of any unix communality for any distro/release. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"