Resistance to documentation? (was Re: Pull in upstream before 9.1 code freeze?)

[Wojciech Puchar]

> > 1) XML output from some sysctl variables. It isn't just stupid. It's sad.
> > 2) bsdlabel -e allows editing only when NONE of partitions are open/mounted, in spite that they are not modified. In FreeBSD 6 it
> allowed editing everytime and all worked.
> >
> > "Preventing people doing stupid things would prevent doing clever things".

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> Bsdlabel was a monstrosity that required a calculator to hand to do anything useful.
> 
> Gpart on the other hand is easily scriptable.

off topic.