Re: RC variable naming

["Simon 'corecode' Schubert" <corecode@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

joerg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > :I was thinking about deprecating the use of X_enable by effectively
> > :turning the helper function into a NOP after setting a special internal
> > :variable. That variable would be processed by load_rc_config to load the
> > :value of the old variable if necessary (read: if present). That would be
> > :active for 1.4 (maybe as option RCNG_OLDNAME?), so that users updating
> > :from 1.2 are not hurt too badly.
> >    Lets not do anything for 1.4.  We can figure out what to do after
> >    the release.  It seems to me that we will probably want to go
> >    the way of NetBSD to make pkgsrc integration easier.
> Doing it now makes the migration a bit less painful, since (most likely)
> lesser users are affected. The RCNG_OLDNAME is just an idea, I'd try to
> make it fully transparent for the initial conversion (with the exception
> of warning about deprecated usage). The changes to be made are localised
> to /etc/rc.conf and /etc/rc.conf.d/*.

I am all for this change.  This would give us a transition period until 
the next release.  Gets my vote (I think some of us discussed this 
already, but I can't remember who and where). +1

cheers
  simon

--
Serve - BSD     +++  RENT this banner advert  +++    ASCII Ribbon   /"\
Work - Mac      +++  space for low €€€ NOW!1  +++      Campaign     \ /
Party Enjoy Relax   |   http://dragonflybsd.org      Against  HTML   \
Dude 2c 2 the max   !   http://golden-apple.biz       Mail + News   / \