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Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2001 11:02:39 -0400
From: Mike Barcroft <mike@FreeBSD.org>
To: Dima Dorfman <dima@unixfreak.org>
Cc: Tor Egge <tegge@FreeBSD.org>, freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org
Subject: Re: bin/7876: gethostbyname flags temporary failure as unknown host
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On Thu, Jul 19, 2001 at 10:43:55PM -0700, Dima Dorfman wrote:
> <mike@FreeBSD.org> writes:
> > Synopsis: gethostbyname flags temporary failure as unknown host
> > 
> > Responsible-Changed-From-To: freebsd-bugs->tegge
> > Responsible-Changed-By: mike
> > Responsible-Changed-When: Thu Jul 19 12:31:42 PDT 2001
> > Responsible-Changed-Why: 
> > 
> > Originator is a committer.
> 
> This kind of thing may not always be appropriate.  Many committers
> file PRs for problems that they can't fix for whatever reason (e.g.,
> lack of time, not familiar with the code, etc.)

I'm hoping he'll be able to say, "That was fixed a while ago, I'll
close that PR," or possible "I had forgotten about that, I'm going
to pass this on to ... because he can probably fix it."  The PR is
very old and very likely forgotten.  If Tor doesn't want it, he can
send it back to freebsd-bugs.

Best regards,
Mike Barcroft

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