From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Apr 1 21:48:27 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: ports@FreeBSD.org Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3DD6D16A402 for ; Sun, 1 Apr 2007 21:48:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pauls@utdallas.edu) Received: from mail.stovebolt.com (mail.stovebolt.com [66.221.101.249]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 178BE13C457; Sun, 1 Apr 2007 21:48:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pauls@utdallas.edu) Received: from [192.168.2.102] (adsl-66-137-149-124.dsl.rcsntx.swbell.net [66.137.149.124]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.stovebolt.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id D8306114324; Sun, 1 Apr 2007 16:21:12 -0500 (CDT) Date: Sun, 01 Apr 2007 16:18:10 -0500 From: Paul Schmehl To: FreeBSD Ports Tree Management , ports@FreeBSD.org Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <1175455563.1871.33.camel@localhost> References: <1175455563.1871.33.camel@localhost> X-Mailer: Mulberry/4.0.7b1 (Mac OS X) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=sha1; protocol="application/pkcs7-signature"; boundary="==========8A39F29497F5D6507C14==========" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Subject: Re: FreeBSD and NetBSD's pkgsrc: A strategic synergy for awesomeness X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 01 Apr 2007 21:48:27 -0000 --==========8A39F29497F5D6507C14========== Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline --On April 1, 2007 3:26:03 PM -0400 FreeBSD Ports Tree Management=20 wrote: > > For our employee committers and contractor port maintainers we regret to > inform you that due to redundancies many of you will be let go from > FreeBSD. All port maintainer's contracts are immediately terminated. > If you refer to the organization's Porters Handbook you will note that > we have the right to terminate maintainer contracts at will. For our > employee committers we will be restructuring in phases. Those of you > with work obligations in the other repositories will retain your ports > tree responsibilities while training the pkgsrc workforce for their new > role maintaining their products on FreeBSD. Once this phase is complete > your workload will be redirected towards your roles in the other > repositories. Those of you with a ports commit bit only, we wish to put > this gently. We are delivering a .pinkslip to your cubicles in the > Freefall office currently. By the end of business tomorrow we expect > you to login and collect your belongings there and in our satellite > offices. All cubicles will be scheduled for deletion after that. > Please be aware that members of the FreeBSD Security Team will be > monitoring your access to ensure that no organization property > accidentally goes home with you. > {{snicker}} Happy April Fools Day. Paul Schmehl (pauls@utdallas.edu) Senior Information Security Analyst The University of Texas at Dallas http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/ --==========8A39F29497F5D6507C14==========--