On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 3:47 AM, Ross Cameron

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> On Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 9:26 PM, Jacob Meuser

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> wrote:

> >  you say, "config makes me boot faster."  so then people go and config

> >  their kernel, and then we get problem reports about broken kernels.

> >

> >  that's fine if you want to go break your machines.  don't try telling

> >  others to do the same.

>

> I disagree,... this form of knowledge sharing amongst more advanced

> users of any OS should be encouraged.

Unfortunately, a lot of !advanced users will also experiment, and then come

back with "it's broken, fix it".   For advanced users who like to tinker,

OpenBSD's support model is /usr/src/.  Unfortunately, too many people who

think they can mangle config means that they are "advanced (l)users".
Perhaps there is merit in it in a wider context,... we wont know

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> unless such things are discussed and debated.

>    Simply poh pohing it out of hand without wider discussion

> throughout the user base is foolish at best.

In my experience, it's simply a matter of experience and resources, and the

OpenBSD project as a whole is very unhappy with supporting users who insist

on playing with "ooo, shiny, I need another 1% of performance", or "I can

get my kernel down to 3,467,296 bytes with stupid kernel tricks!"
It all boils down to the old "doctor, doctor, it hurts when I do that"

joke.  OpenBSD is just being proactive in telling the users 'don't do that'.
On the other hand, people like you do have legitimate needs, and it's up to

the developers to see if they can support you.
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