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Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2010 14:03:00 +0200
From: Gary Jennejohn <gary.jennejohn@freenet.de>
To: Anton Shterenlikht <mexas@bristol.ac.uk>
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On Mon, 19 Apr 2010 12:22:30 +0100
Anton Shterenlikht <mexas@bristol.ac.uk> wrote:

> By the way, what is "bikeshed" in fbsd context?
> 

This was coined by phk@.

Basically, it means people will send endless posts on minor issues because
they feel they understand them.  Important and/or complex issues generally
get little response on the MLs.

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Gary Jennejohn