Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2004 04:56:48 +0200 (EET) From: Narvi <narvi@haldjas.folklore.ee> To: Harald Schmalzbauer <h@schmalzbauer.de> Cc: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Bikeshed Reports [was: Status reports - why not regularly?] Message-ID: <20040114044747.U32387-100000@haldjas.folklore.ee> In-Reply-To: <200401140317.46071@harrymail>
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On Wed, 14 Jan 2004, Harald Schmalzbauer wrote: > On Wednesday 14 January 2004 03:06, Robert Watson wrote: > > On Tue, 13 Jan 2004, Peter Schultz wrote: > > > Over 2003 I inadvertently started around four bikesheds. Every time it > > > happened I wanted to document it so that the beating of dead horses > > > could be kept to a minimum. It would basically list items of great > > > contention or things that just plain need a good hacker's attention. > > > > > > Hindsight is 20/20, but I think a resource like this would have > > > prevented me from pushing people's buttons. It's not all that easy to > > > harvest bikeshed discussions from the mailing lists, and a lot of them > > > have to do with issues that end users are interested in. I adore > > > FreeBSD volunteers and don't like to see them bothered with what color > > > to paint a bikeshed. > > > > > > I can dig up something on this if it's of interest to people. > > > > I'd be happy to help set up a www.freebsd.org/project/bikeshed web page to > > hold the hard-earned results of your research. Although perhaps they > > actually belong in the FAQ :-). > > This sounds great! And I hav an idea about the very first pragraph: What the > hack is bikeshed? > From the context I guess it's something like braindamaged circumstance/idea. > No. its more like a simple thing on which everybody has deeply ingrained ideas for the best way that they cannot see go otherwise and hence a long and essentially fruitless discussion unfolds. > But no dictionary has helped me so far. It also looks to be FreeBSD specific, > isn't it? > Not at all. It's from "Parkinson's Laws", a book on corporations, management and why the wrong people tend to end up there from time to time (or slightly more often than that). > Thank you, > > -Harry >
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