--- wikisrc/projects/project/new-automounter.mdwn	2016/08/26 07:50:59	1.2
+++ wikisrc/projects/project/new-automounter.mdwn	2016/08/26 07:57:49	1.3
@@ -34,6 +34,13 @@ compatible. (One could also write a new 
 like a dominant strategy.)
 
 Another possible approach is a new userland daemon using puffs.
+
+Note that automount configuration is a complex and largely unsolved
+problem. While it's desirable to be compatible with existing
+automounter configuration (because often organizations like to
+distribute automounter maps through NIS or other facilities) it's also
+desirable to have a simple, comprehensible, and cogent configuration
+scheme and these desires are rather at odds.
 """
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