On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 6:24 AM, Yclept Nemo <orbisvicis@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 3) Personally this depends on the final rc.conf, is [1] or [2] going > to be it? > [1] http://projects.archlinux.org/initscripts.git/tree/rc.conf?id=ae28554e561517815c07330b2b7d5ee5de2f6dc7 > [2] http://projects.archlinux.org/initscripts.git/tree/rc.conf?id=5b062674869c97018871b1f91c0b22d27ae900f7 At the moment it is [1], so if no one tells me otherwise, that's it. > 4.1) Are we going to ship default (possibly empty) replacement > configuration files, which currently may not exist on many systems, > and add these to the backup array? This includes (/etc/vconsole.conf, > /etc/locale.conf, /etc/hostname). I'd be against it, as it seems pointless. But it would be Dave's decision. > 4.2) To be clear, is there going to be a separate configuration for > the HARDWARECLOCK and TIMEZONE variables? There already are. That's the problem. HARDWARECLOCK is configured in the third line of /etc/adjtime (see hwclock(8)), TIMEZONE is configured by pointing the /etc/localtime symlink at what you want. >>>>d) The new format does not require a bash interpreter to be read > > 4.d) I think this is a terrible justification. A programming language > embedded in a configuration system grants a lot of possibilities. It also makes it impossible to reason about. Or to parse from another language than what it was defined in. > Also there is a sound way to read configuration files written in a > programming language - simply evaluate the code. But there is no sound way to then change the options and write them back. > In any case, to preserve compatibility with systemd, the new files > (/etc/vconsole.conf, /etc/locale.conf, /etc/hostname) should not > contain bash. These files can all be read by bash, but are strictly defined. This means we can know their format and update them in a sound way. > 5) With the plethora of changes, each for different reasons, I think > there is justifcation for a comprehensive news item summarizing > changes to each variable: > LOCALE -> /etc/locale.conf > HARDWARECLOCK -> deprecated Sure. > USE_BTRFS -> esoteric, removed for cosmetic reasons Won't kill this one, but I get your point. -t
