From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 17 22:38:28 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5847D106566C for ; Tue, 17 Jul 2012 22:38:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dave@jetcafe.org) Received: from nahkohe.jetcafe.org (nahkohe.jetcafe.org [205.147.26.32]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 36B1B8FC15 for ; Tue, 17 Jul 2012 22:38:28 +0000 (UTC) X-Envelope-To: Received: from [205.147.26.5] (hokkshideh4.jetcafe.org [205.147.26.5]) by nahkohe.jetcafe.org (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id q6HMcLKX097858 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Tue, 17 Jul 2012 15:38:22 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <5005E95D.2010502@jetcafe.org> Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2012 15:38:21 -0700 From: Dave Hayes User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:13.0) Gecko/20120612 Thunderbird/13.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org References: <20120717183221.298430@gmx.com> <20120717153505.42633535@bhuda.mired.org> <5005D181.8080709@jetcafe.org> <5005E3AC.7050001@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <5005E3AC.7050001@FreeBSD.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Resistance to documentation? (was Re: Pull in upstream before 9.1 code freeze?) X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2012 22:38:28 -0000 On 07/17/12 15:14, Doug Barton wrote: >> Some sources of this are: I rarely read the handbook > > So now that we've discussed *our* shortcomings, let's discuss yours. :) > Read the handbook. Seriously. I should have written that better. I *do* read the handbook; check the conjunction. I said: "I rarely read the handbook *and* find that the procedures or tools as advertised" -- Dave Hayes - Consultant - Altadena CA, USA - dave@jetcafe.org >>>> *The opinions expressed above are entirely my own* <<<< "Every extreme attitude is a flight from the self." -- Eric Hoffer