cvs commit: src/sys/boot/i386/loader Makefile loader.rc

[Scott Long]

Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
> In message <41AA86D1.7070105 at freebsd.org>, Scott Long writes:
> 
> 
>>For the past 1+ years I've recieved nothing but complaints from
>>developers who have told me that the beastie menu was silly,
>>unprofessional, annoying, and/or confusing.
> 
> 
> Since nanobsd commit probably was the straw that broke the back of
> the camel:
> 
> The reason why I disable the beastie menu in some of my nanobsd
> builds are that a couple of those systems sit with a 2400bps GSM
> phone as console connection.
> 
> I'm absolutely certain that I am not the person to judge if the
> beastie menu is a good thing or not in general, and whatever happens
> in nanobsd should not be taken as indicative of anything related
> to user-friendlyness as most nanobsd boxes have no on-line users.
> 

It actually had nothing to do with nanobsd.  It has everything to do
with many months of conversations with many people.

Scott