From owner-freebsd-current Wed Mar 4 20:17:57 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA21911 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Wed, 4 Mar 1998 20:17:57 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from digger1.defence.gov.au (digger1.defence.gov.au [203.5.217.4]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA21903 for ; Wed, 4 Mar 1998 20:17:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from Matthew.Thyer@dsto.defence.gov.au) Received: from exchsa1.dsto.defence.gov.au (exchsa1.dsto.defence.gov.au [131.185.2.94]) by digger1.defence.gov.au (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id OAA16971; Thu, 5 Mar 1998 14:45:50 +1030 (CST) Received: from fang.dsto.defence.gov.au ([131.185.2.5]) by exchsa1.dsto.defence.gov.au with SMTP (Microsoft Exchange Internet Mail Service Version 5.5.1960.3) id G2GZQJT9; Thu, 5 Mar 1998 14:46:08 +0930 Received: from eddie.dsto.defence.gov.au (eddie.dsto.defence.gov.au [131.185.2.111]) by fang.dsto.defence.gov.au (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id OAA32682; Thu, 5 Mar 1998 14:46:42 +1030 (CST) Received: from dsto.defence.gov.au (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by eddie.dsto.defence.gov.au (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id OAA04058; Thu, 5 Mar 1998 14:46:42 +1030 (CST) Message-ID: <34FE2729.983A12B7@dsto.defence.gov.au> Date: Thu, 05 Mar 1998 14:46:41 +1030 From: Matthew Thyer Organization: Defence Science Technology Organisation X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: shimon@simon-shapiro.org CC: Mike Smith , current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: silo overflows (Was Re: 3.0-RELEASE?) References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hear hear. I think that Mike is too defensive sometimes. No-one is attacking you Mike, we are just highlighting a problem to get some discussion going on the issue. I am very happy to see that this thread has created meaningfull discussion with several possible solutions. That's a whole lot better than the thread that this one has grown from! Simon Shapiro wrote: > I have been preached to frequently on this list. Now is my turn; Raising > an issue with a piece of code is NOT criticism of the author, nor of the > maintainer, nor of the project's qulity of management. It is simply an > issue. I think I speak for many on this list when I say that we are at awe > at the talent and dedication expressed in this project. It is simply, that > when we see something broken, we ask ``Is it broken or is my brain in > neutral?'' FreeBSD is growing to be an extreamly complex engineering > product. Canvassing it all is impossible, thus old issues re-surface. > That's all. > > ---------- > > Sincerely Yours, > > Simon Shapiro > Shimon@Simon-Shapiro.ORG Voice: 503.799.2313 -- Matthew Thyer Phone: +61 8 8259 7249 Corporate Information Systems Fax: +61 8 8259 5537 Defence Science and Technology Organisation, Salisbury PO Box 1500 Salisbury South Australia 5108 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message