From owner-freebsd-arch Sat Jun 15 13:24: 2 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from rover.village.org (rover.bsdimp.com [204.144.255.66]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7AC7A37B414; Sat, 15 Jun 2002 13:23:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: from harmony.village.org (harmony.village.org [10.0.0.6]) by rover.village.org (8.11.3/8.11.3) with ESMTP id g5FKNvY24652; Sat, 15 Jun 2002 14:23:57 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from imp@village.org) Received: from localhost (warner@rover2.village.org [10.0.0.1]) by harmony.village.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g5FKNuG58679; Sat, 15 Jun 2002 14:23:56 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from imp@village.org) Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2002 14:23:21 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: <20020615.142321.38689858.imp@village.org> To: DougB@FreeBSD.org Cc: arch@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Idea: New file called CONTRIB From: "M. Warner Losh" In-Reply-To: <3D0B96CD.CA45F33F@FreeBSD.org> References: <20020615.131103.106033411.imp@village.org> <3D0B96CD.CA45F33F@FreeBSD.org> X-Mailer: Mew version 2.1 on Emacs 21.1 / Mule 5.0 (SAKAKI) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In message: <3D0B96CD.CA45F33F@FreeBSD.org> Doug Barton writes: : "M. Warner Losh" wrote: : > : > OK. There are a number of programs in the tree that people outside of : > the project are trying to keep in sync. They typically are on : > src/contrib or src/sys/contrib. However, there are a few that are in : > the main tree, especially KAME related network config stuff (and : > others). I'm thinking that if there's someone that wants to be : > notified/consulted on the changes so as to better sync an external : > repository, then maybe having a file called CONTRIB in these : > directories might not be a bad idea. : > : > Note: This isn't a maintainer, per se, but rather an indication that : > the code (eg, .c and .h files) shouldn't be committed to w/o some : > thought. : : This sounds like a back door out of the MAINTAINER controversy. :) We : already have the notion of, "I'd like to know if you plan to make : changes to this file" in the current /usr/src/MAINTAINERS, so rather : than further muddy the water I'd like to give that a few more months to : see if it works. This is different than a Maintainer. This is a bigger sign that says "well, in an ideal world, this would be in contrib, but for whatever reason it isn't. Treat it like contrib however. Thanks." : One of the problems of this medium is that people think because we have : (relatively) instant communication, we should have instant solutions to : problems as well. That's hardly ever true, especially where humans are : concerned. This does not follow. Warner To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message