On Thu, Nov 20, 2003 at 11:43:10PM +0100, Jonas Carlsson wrote:
> >It's not pretty, agreed, but it's unlikely to get changed in the near
> >future.
> Though, i must ask, howcome this is unlikely to be changed? Eventhough a 
> small matter, it seems to me
> that this is going against all logic, simplicity and usability, things 
> I've found being characteristic for (the rest
> of) OpenBSD.

compatibility.
there's a large installed base nowadays.
you don't want to upgrade and see your ruleset broken.

if we would sit down now to design a new pf from the ground up, we'd 
do some moe stiff differently ;-)

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