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On 03/03/2012 08:53, K. Macy wrote:
> a) We as a members of the community are collectively responsible for
> the state of FreeBSD. Simply disabling features or removing
> functionality that doesn't work or doesn't work optimally and / or
> filing bug reports but not being able or willing to respond to
> feedback requests is in essence a form of neglect. Although we all
> have day to day obligations for which the use of FreeBSD is extremely
> impractical if not impossible ... any progress, any improvements, any
> advancements will only happen because *we* made it happen.

Since we're reiterating key points, I'll do mine one more time. While I
sympathize with what you wrote above, if you continue to believe that
users have a responsibility to help you debug new features you're going
to be disappointed and frustrated.


Doug

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