Date: Mon, 30 Oct 1995 22:18:42 -0600 From: Jon Loeliger <jdl@chrome.onramp.net> To: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: *MORE* FS problems, please fix! Message-ID: <199510310418.WAA19702@chrome.jdl.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 30 Oct 1995 13:39:09 MST." <199510302039.NAA06584@phaeton.artisoft.com>
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Apparently, Terry Lambert scribbled:
>
> Well, if I can't get patches committed, the least I can do is
> complain about problems and hope someone else can get their possibly
> identical patches committed instead.
>
> ...
>
> Whoever reimplements this change (my patches aren't "good enough")
> should note that it will be about as large in scope as the patches
> I already submitted for FS layering. This means that you probably
> don't stand a chance of success unless you have commit priveledges.
Wait. I don't get it. I've been using FreeBSD for a solid year.
I've been watching this list for just under a year. I've personally
noted that almost everything Terry has said has had some kernel of
truth to it even if he had to argue his point *again* and *again*.
And maybe some of it was tainted with personal agenda occasionally,
but we all do that to a certain extent.
Nevertheless, I'm quite at a loss to understand why either:
1) He feels his patches are "good enough", or
2) His patches *aren't* good enough.
I confess to being a bit out of sorts on the technical aspects
of File Systems. I know FS code to the level presented in, say,
the XINU book. All I can see is that he consistently has a good
grasp on the technical issues here.
I further don't understand, or know enough history to know why
certain other members of the FreeBSD team feel he shouldn't be
given commit privs. I don't need to know; their reasons are
probably sound -- if there was a "conflict of interest" reason,
that's pretty sound. But I don't know why he's having problems
getting patches or code accepted for general use.
Am I missing something fundamental? I don't think should piss
Terry off and have him leave the FreeBSD project in a huff. It
just wouldn't be right. So where are the negative vibes coming
from, Moriarty?
jdl
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