From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 19 16:01:17 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 782E2106566B for ; Mon, 19 Apr 2010 16:01:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tingox@gmail.com) Received: from mail-bw0-f214.google.com (mail-bw0-f214.google.com [209.85.218.214]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 01D3F8FC1F for ; Mon, 19 Apr 2010 16:01:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: by bwz6 with SMTP id 6so4297189bwz.13 for ; Mon, 19 Apr 2010 09:01:15 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:received:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=haIMYpPUpBJdDYwVZFjjQhm3/1+Vp5QAYpGJgLQOGic=; b=a2irAHVPsoiK01r6FzeFO2aMthpn/FpN37qrMBRiMzKldaKTfGElsbrWsSB5AV3eTX yMM+BGtO1+Cv0E5rDe3svGp2Y5YmqbA3mqbM6NNNaFy2MS4ksQn5p76iKV+8cbGoxd3Z jjN2AMqaTkO5jGCCZmMr0UtB45dhzrx+lH4j4= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; b=GAvofKRE/GPF2zKUMQsTYPaA05E66w4Oo7Y0dyhPnl+6Lg1HFrSwjLDc9587jfMe6Q CfTGUvArVUOEipJwfAiMirbLUSwA3iH9jKkfAbVCkbZdkdZ7+ENTvWo2qb12fZ80gib4 tNOvE87WJ55dA+Y/f9F3SeOp2hpwvCApIZUHo= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.223.117.204 with HTTP; Mon, 19 Apr 2010 08:57:32 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20100419141921.098cca48@gumby.homeunix.com> References: <20100419035243.GA4554@goodking.goodking.ca> <20100419112228.GB70334@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> <20100419140300.2cffdba6@ernst.jennejohn.org> <20100419141921.098cca48@gumby.homeunix.com> Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2010 17:57:32 +0200 Received: by 10.223.21.17 with SMTP id h17mr333395fab.45.1271692652402; Mon, 19 Apr 2010 08:57:32 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: From: Torfinn Ingolfsen To: FreeBSD Ports ML Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Re: Responding to a challenge 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: Mon, 19 Apr 2010 16:01:17 -0000 On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 3:19 PM, RW wrote: > On Mon, 19 Apr 2010 14:03:00 +0200 > Gary Jennejohn wrote: > > > On Mon, 19 Apr 2010 12:22:30 +0100 > > Anton Shterenlikht wrote: > > > > > By the way, what is "bikeshed" in fbsd context? > > > > > > > This was coined by phk@. > > > > Basically, it means people will send endless posts on minor issues > > because they feel they understand them. Important and/or complex > > issues generally get little response on the MLs. > > > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/misc.html#BIKESHED-PAINTING > and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkinson%27s_Law_of_Triviality HTH -- Regards, Torfinn Ingolfsen