conf/105568: [patch] Add more flexibility to rc.conf, to choose "_enable" values at startup

[Pietro Cerutti]

Doug Barton wrote:
> Pietro Cerutti wrote:
> 
>> I have no problem accepting the fact that you don't need this feature,
>> but, on the contrary, it seems that you have a problem accepting the
>> fact that someone could find it useful.
> 
> That is certainly not true for me, and I don't think it's true for Kian
> either. I can see how _someone_ could find it useful, I just don't think
> that a majority of our users would benefit from this.
> 
>> The feature doesn't change any defaults, don't have any side effects and
>> can merely be ignored if you don't want to use it.
>>
>> Why are you so reluctant in accepting it?
> 
> The rc.d system is critical to FreeBSD, and making boot time faster is a
> goal that always have in front of us. We have to critically examine
> every single suggestion for modifications to it, and the bias is
> strongly in the direction of not adding something that won't be
> beneficial to the majority of our users.

Ok I understand the politics and you point. Thanks!

> 
> Every extra line of code adds complexity and some amount of processing
> time, no matter how small. It's very easy to go from a streamlined
> system (which IMO rc.d is not yet) to a bloated pig one centimeter at a
> time.
> 
> I don't expect you to necessarily agree with my analysis, but I wanted
> to explain more of the reasoning behind it, which hopefully will help
> you understand that we're not just rejecting your proposal out of hand.
> 
> Doug
> 


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