Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2007 15:24:23 -0700 From: Gary Kline <kline@tao.thought.org> To: Paul Schmehl <pauls@utdallas.edu> Cc: FreeBSD Ports Tree Management <portmanager@freebsd.org>, ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD and NetBSD's pkgsrc: A strategic synergy for awesomeness Message-ID: <20070401222423.GA26151@thought.org> In-Reply-To: <B3338A2F3347D710874E28AF@paul-schmehls-powerbook59.local> References: <1175455563.1871.33.camel@localhost> <B3338A2F3347D710874E28AF@paul-schmehls-powerbook59.local>
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On Sun, Apr 01, 2007 at 04:18:10PM -0500, Paul Schmehl wrote: > --On April 1, 2007 3:26:03 PM -0400 FreeBSD Ports Tree Management > <portmanager@FreeBSD.org> 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. Yo, and I's about ready to wrap my cold dead hands around my AK-47 and start hunting! Good one, Paul, but NPR beat you to the joke bit wiith a story about 4 [legal] ring tones in NYC this ayem. ...Back to my integer tests I guess. cheers, y'all, gary > > Paul Schmehl (pauls@utdallas.edu) > Senior Information Security Analyst > The University of Texas at Dallas > http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/ -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org www.thought.org Public Service Unix
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