Subject: Re: NFS troubles
To: None <netbsd-help@netbsd.org>
From: David Brownlee <abs@netbsd.org>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 04/13/2000 13:30:46
On Thu, 13 Apr 2000, D'Arcy J.M. Cain wrote:
> Thus spake David Brownlee
> [Talking about the proposal to mount sub-mounted file systems.]
> > You could pick one of:
> > a) Write code :)
> > b) Find someone else who wants it to write the code
> > c) Pay someone else to write the code
> > d) Send in a PR to note that it is a desired feature so that
> > if someone is looking for something to do they can find it...
>
> First he has to convince everyone that this would be a good thing. I see
> two problems with it. First, I may not want to export everything or,
> if I do, I may want to mount it more efficiently. Second, and more
> important, people are using the system as it works now and any change
> would break a lot of setups. I'm not against painful change but I need
> to be convinced that there is a substantial win for the pain.
>
> At the very least, please make this an option that is set to the current
> behaviour by default.
It should definitely be configurable :)
David/absolute