On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 7:56 AM, Samuel Thibault <[email protected]> wrote: > Donald Allen, le Wed 29 May 2013 07:50:52 -0400, a écrit : >> On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 7:34 AM, Samuel Thibault <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > Donald Allen, le Wed 29 May 2013 07:29:42 -0400, a écrit : >> >> On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 3:30 AM, Samuel Thibault <[email protected]> >> >> wrote: >> >> > Donald Allen, le Tue 28 May 2013 23:31:34 -0400, a écrit : >> >> >> Another issue: on the 600x, I did a >> >> >> >> >> >> shutdown -hP now >> >> > >> >> > Please make sure to read the faq :) >> >> >> >> If 'shutdown' is known not to work and, from the FAQ, apparently does >> >> not work by design, why include it? >> > >> > Because in the end we want shutdown to actually work, there's actually a >> > gsoc project that has just started precisely for that. >> > >> >> make a tiny shutdown script that echoes the FAQ text, >> > >> > It's the sysvinit package which provides it, not the hurd package. >> > Changing the shutdown command would require diverting it, or patching >> > the sysvinit package, etc. which might be even more messy. >> >> Maybe a bit more messy for you, but a lot less messy for users, who >> you are trying to attract, at this point to help you test this system >> and find problems. Why annoy them with something that is known not to >> work by assuming they'll consult a FAQ when they see something that >> looks like a bug? In effect, I'm advocating providing a useful and >> specific error message instead of what currently happens. > > Sure, I completely agree on this, that's not the question. The question > is spending time on this. For my part, I'm very busy so didn't take the > time to have a look at how to do this properly. If anybody has the time > to have a look, he's welcome to send a patch.
I certainly can understand this. I'm *retired* and I'm so busy (I'm fortunate in having a lot of interests) that I can't understand how I found time for a full-time job. As I said earlier, I do think that what you are trying to do on this project makes a lot of sense architecturally (I'm familiar with Tanenbaum's work and with Minix), and so I will try to help as my time permits. Right now I'm documenting some software that I wrote over the last year that my family is using and finishing that has to be my first priority (playing with Hurd was a diversion -- like most, I don't always do first things first). /Don > > Samuel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/capstybyhdrstnu6y11djq5q2su9tsur+7scpq5xd1hndmyo...@mail.gmail.com
