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Re: config file formats



> Would anyone object to adopting a convention in which if the first
> line of a config file begins with "#@" it identifies the format?

I'm not sure whether I think this is a good idea or not - I find myself
liking and disliking it both at the same time.

But, stipualating for purposes of discussion that it is a good idea....

> Maybe the number should be the netbsd version, and/or maybe it should
> have "netbsd" in it.

Since some of the potentially-affected programs are shared with other
systems, I'd say using the NetBSD version would be a bad idea, at least
for those programs.

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