On 18/03/2014 20:29, Mike Dean wrote:
So the deficiency of your software can always be blamed on your software's userbase? Sounds like a winning philosophy.
The fact that you still think using command-line arguments instead of a config file is a "deficiency" shows that you are missing the point. Not having a config file when a config file is not needed is not a deficiency, it's a design decision - and a pretty sound one. The fact that your tools apparently cannot easily work with command-line arguments is not Busybox's problem, it's a severe misdesign of your tools. Command-line arguments are the very basis of the Unix API; you've been working with it since the 80s, you should know that by now. :P If you want to extend ntpd's interface for your users and add a config file, you're free to do so. It's not hard. But, again, this is a job for *you* as an integrator: do not try to shift the burden of doing it to upstream, because it's not where it belongs. You are of course free to contribute and submit patches: maybe they'll be accepted, maybe not. But coming to the list asking people to do your job for you and getting all haughty when your request is politely denied probably isn't the best way to get things done. -- Laurent _______________________________________________ busybox mailing list [email protected] http://lists.busybox.net/mailman/listinfo/busybox
