Subject: Re: /etc/services entries (was: CVS commit: src/etc)
To: Elad Efrat <e@murder.org>
From: Christos Zoulas <christos@zoulas.com>
List: current-users
Date: 05/10/2007 14:04:05
On May 10,  8:59pm, e@murder.org (Elad Efrat) wrote:
-- Subject: Re: /etc/services entries (was: CVS commit: src/etc)

| Christos Zoulas wrote:
| > On May 10,  8:49am, netbsd@lists.veego.de (Bernd Ernesti) wrote:
| > -- Subject: /etc/services entries (was: CVS commit: src/etc)
| > 
| > | I thought it was the consent that we would NOT add all the services over >1024
| > | from this list.
| > 
| > I don't this is the case. 
| > 
| > | Now I would get the strange ports names instead of the port number for all
| > | connections and wonder what service I now use and my machine.
| > | 
| > | This is now a 960KB file instead of the 13KB which it was before.
| > 
| > Bring it up to tech-userlevel. It is easy enough to change.
| > 
| > christos
| > 
| 
| http://mail-index.netbsd.org/tech-userlevel/2006/10/08/0004.html
| 
| I also recall the consensus as leaving this file small...
| 

We are still discussing this. Some people want the option to have a small
version.

christos