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To: Dieter BSD <dieterbsd@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: PRs are being closed for bogus reasons :-(
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In message <CAA3ZYrDE1qN36jkg6bfTuUQL-Ko01UhVa=3Di+J7t7AfN4hdBDMQ@mail.gma=
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, Dieter BSD writes:

>Standard operating procedure at FreeBSD is:
>
>Ignore PR for years.
>Close PR because it is "old".
>
>Question: In what universe is this acceptable?

In a universe with severely limited man-hours for dealing with PRs ?


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