Date: Sat, 07 Jan 2006 13:05:13 +0100 From: des@des.no (=?iso-8859-1?q?Dag-Erling_Sm=F8rgrav?=) To: Jo Rhett <jrhett@svcolo.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, current <current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Fast releases demand binary updates.. Message-ID: <86irsw1bwm.fsf@xps.des.no> In-Reply-To: <20060106110318.GF54324@svcolo.com> (Jo Rhett's message of "Fri, 6 Jan 2006 03:03:18 -0800") References: <43A266E5.3080103@samsco.org> <43AB1E65.2030501@mac.com> <20051222221202.GM39174@svcolo.com> <200512231136.12471.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> <20060105092448.GH1358@svcolo.com> <20060105184147.GD69162@funkthat.com> <20060106110318.GF54324@svcolo.com>
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Jo Rhett <jrhett@svcolo.com> writes: > On Thu, Jan 05, 2006 at 10:41:47AM -0800, John-Mark Gurney wrote: > > Bottom line: Once code exists, then support can be talked about.. > This is the chicken and egg problem that will kill FreeBSD. So *you're* the AC that keeps predicting the death of *BSD on /.! > I don't bother writing up patches for FreeBSD because every time I > do they sit in a PR and get ignored for several years. Then someone > that does have commit rights makes their own patch (which often is > less useful) but they own it and the best I've ever succeeded at was > convincing them to put some of the ideas from my patch into their > code. Every single time? There are five PRs with your name on in GNATS (assuming you and <jrhett@meer.net> are one and same) ports/76013 - patch committed after four months ports/76019 - superceded after a month ports/76041 - duplicate of ports/76013 ports/76724 - patch committed after a week docs/87445 - immediately adopted by a committer, being worked on Oh, how we have wronged you! Please let us know how we may correct this grievous injustice! DES --=20 Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav - des@des.no
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