Re: Q: Extending the sysctl MIB for Linuxulator variables

[Brian F. Feldman]

On Mon, 16 Aug 1999, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote:

> I kinda like the idea of a top-level compat category; it will keep the
> top level uncluttered when sysv and iBCS compatibility start requiring
> their own knobs, and if you put linux at the top level this will later
> be used as justification for putting all the other "compat" stuff up
> there too.  I think it's a slippery slope.
> 
> - Jordan
> 

This is the most convincing argument so far. It's got my vote. One
caveat: let's _please_ not use capitalization in the MIB tree as
much as possible. Just like the ports, it makes things easier on
everyone if we use lower-case (compat.linux, compat.ibcs2,
compat.svr4.)

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