Michael Orlitzky posted on Sun, 04 Aug 2013 18:30:33 -0400 as excerpted: > On 08/04/2013 06:20 PM, William Hubbs wrote: >> On Sun, Aug 04, 2013 at 10:15:35PM +0000, Duncan wrote: >>> Michael Orlitzky posted on Sun, 04 Aug 2013 18:01:40 -0400 as >>> excerpted: >>> >>>> Since it was pulled out of openrc, the name "netrc" also suggests >>>> itself. >>> >>> I like it, if it's not taken elsewhere and will thus cause problems. >> >> Maybe, but then when it is ported to other init systems (someone was >> even talking about adding functionality so it would work under systemd) >> a name that ties it to OpenRc doesn't make sense. >> > It's not tied to openrc, any more than e.g. openvpn is tied to badvpn. > That's what they are, network rc scripts.
Exactly. That's why I like it. netrc is generic enough to be used elsewhere, yet descriptive enough of what it actually does, that from my perspective anyway, it's perfect. =:^) -- Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. "Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman
