From: erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>
To: 9fans@9fans.net
Subject: Re: [9fans] [GSOC] auth server: connection refused
Date: Fri, 23 May 2014 15:49:04 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <026f8d18ea0523ab97649904237559fe@ladd.quanstro.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <f5931a69de4fa9f134ecf02e884c8579@quintile.net>
On Fri May 23 15:46:50 EDT 2014, steve@quintile.net wrote:
> > personally, i preferred the big switch statement in cpurc. it scales
> > even to large installations, and has the advantage of being a little
> > easier to get an overview. and there's no need for a bunch of files
>
> I think the argument is that it keeps as much as possible common
> across all users (who use the labs distro), and keeps the site specific
> stuff seperate - thus replica can overwrite the common files easily
> when part of that changes.
>
> I guess you could say that its a workaround for the lack of a merge option
> in replica/pull.
>
> I don't know if this is the real reason the ". config-a" files where added,
> but its how I saw it.
i've never been able to keep /rc/bin/cpurc close to the distribution, so
while the idea makes sense, i couldn't see the practical value for me.
- erik
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-05-23 19:49 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-05-23 3:24 yan cui
2014-05-23 4:42 ` yan cui
2014-05-23 7:17 ` Charles Forsyth
2014-05-23 18:25 ` yan cui
2014-05-23 18:29 ` erik quanstrom
2014-05-23 19:44 ` Steve Simon
2014-05-23 19:49 ` erik quanstrom [this message]
2014-05-23 3:26 yan cui
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