From: Joe Thornber <thornber@btconnect.com>
To: linux-lvm@sistina.com
Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] Writing forward compatible applications using /proc
Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2001 21:31:01 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20010813213101.A1211@btconnect.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20010813214943.A19522@cistron.nl>; from wichert@cistron.nl on Mon, Aug 13, 2001 at 09:49:43PM +0200
On Mon, Aug 13, 2001 at 09:49:43PM +0200, Wichert Akkerman wrote:
> Previously Michael Tokarev wrote:
> > Wow, great! No more tons of tiny executables! Wow! Looks
> > very good. Just like `cvs' now -- "cvs co", "cvs add" etc...
>
> Compare with: wow! instead of a few simple modular applications we
> now get a single one which tries to do everything. I'm not convinced
> this is a step forward, the UNIX philosophy of having lots of small
> single-purpose tools is a good one.
Then split them out again, we'll make sure this can be configured at
the makefile level. In particular we want to make sure that people
can make executables with the minimal set of tools necessary for
rescue disks etc. If you want seperate binaries, you shall have them
:)
- Joe
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-08-13 20:31 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 35+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-08-12 3:57 [linux-lvm] Writing forward compatible applications using /proc Jason Tackaberry
2001-08-12 13:54 ` José Luis Domingo López
2001-08-12 15:38 ` Jason Tackaberry
2001-08-12 18:39 ` José Luis Domingo López
2001-08-12 16:39 ` Steven Lembark
2001-08-13 1:55 ` Paul Jakma
2001-08-12 17:10 ` Eric M. Hopper
2001-08-12 22:21 ` José Luis Domingo López
2001-08-12 20:46 ` Ragnar Kjørstad
2001-08-12 22:35 ` Wichert Akkerman
2001-08-12 20:21 ` toon
2001-08-12 19:07 ` Joe Thornber
2001-08-12 19:13 ` Steven Lembark
2001-08-12 19:26 ` Joe Thornber
2001-08-12 19:51 ` Jason Tackaberry
2001-08-12 20:16 ` Ragnar Kjørstad
2001-08-13 9:08 ` Joe Thornber
2001-08-13 11:27 ` Wichert Akkerman
2001-08-13 12:48 ` Terje Kvernes
2001-08-13 23:49 ` Ragnar Kjørstad
2001-08-14 13:36 ` Heinz J . Mauelshagen
2001-08-14 0:31 ` Nathan Scott
2001-08-14 13:33 ` Heinz J . Mauelshagen
2001-08-13 15:13 ` Alasdair G Kergon
2001-08-13 17:58 ` Jason Tackaberry
2001-08-13 19:44 ` Michael Tokarev
2001-08-13 19:49 ` Wichert Akkerman
2001-08-13 20:18 ` Goetz Bock
2001-08-13 20:47 ` Joe Thornber
2001-08-13 20:31 ` Joe Thornber [this message]
2001-08-14 3:04 ` Mark van Walraven
2001-08-14 8:14 ` Joe Thornber
2001-08-14 17:50 ` Ragnar Kjørstad
2001-08-15 8:58 ` Heinz J . Mauelshagen
2001-08-13 9:10 ` Terje Kvernes
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