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From: "John S. Dyson" <toor@dyson.iquest.net>
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Subject: Re: Final request for help with release. (DPT boot floppy)
In-Reply-To: <199708221646.KAA09503@rocky.mt.sri.com> from Nate Williams at "Aug 22, 97 10:46:33 am"
To: nate@mt.sri.com (Nate Williams)
Date: Fri, 22 Aug 1997 15:44:29 -0500 (EST)
Cc: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, tom@sdf.com
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> > >   But according to recent discusions, core has rejected the DPT driver as
> > > it stands...
> > 
> > Which `core'?  Your core memory?  Dunno.  The NetBSD core team?
> > Dunno.  If the term `core', as you're using it, stands as an
> > abbreviation for ``The FreeBSD core team'', then i'm surprised to hear
> > that you're a member of it, apparently.  Otherwise, how did you learn
> > this news?  I believe i'm a member of this core team, and i frankly
> > can't remember any decision of the kind you're quoting above.
> 
> Whoa now.  Slow down, take a deep breath, and go read the archives.
> Simon *explicitly* stated that core (yeah, that's the one you belong to)
> rejected the DPT driver for a number of reasons, all valid, and all
> listed by Simon.  They will be fixed, but until they are fixed it won't
> be integrated.
> 
We all get stressed and under pressure at times, and frankly, I don't know
of one member of core today who isn't a very reasonable person in general.
So, at the risk of perpetuating this thread, but as a member of -core who
makes mistakes once in a while also, just bear with us all, and I think
that we all can have a fun and fruitful relationship.

(Geesh, I have really found out that my sense of humor does not show well
 at all on email, and have to restrain myself from writing things, otherwise
 no-one would like me.  Additionally, my own language skills of my native
 and only language are worse than many non-amerenglish :-) speakers.)

John
dyson@freebsd.org