Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2001 18:57:17 -0700 From: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> Cc: cvs-committers@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.bin/xlint/lint1 cgram.y decl.c emit.c emit1.c externs.h func.c init.c mem.c mem1.c scan.l tree.c src/usr.bin/xlint/lint2 chk.c hash.c main2.c msg.c read.c src/usr.bin/xlint/xlint xlint.c Message-ID: <200107260157.f6Q1vHI02472@mass.dis.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 25 Jul 2001 11:32:40 %2B0200." <63887.996053560@critter>
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>Seconded. I know at least wollman [1] thinks that contrib/ is a mistake,
> >but let's at least make it consistently.
> >
> >[1] In fact, I'm coming around to wollman's point of view on this, but
> > I'm still in favour of consistency.
>
> I know and understand where he is coming from, unfortunately I don't share
> his belief that we can impose the precondition of committer infallibility.
People seem to have some very funny ideas about what contrib/ is about,
and what it means.
It's just a place where we put stuff that is primarily maintained outside
of our tree. That's all; everything else is just a consequence of the
tools we use to maintain this code, and applies no matter where the code
is in the tree.
--
... every activity meets with opposition, everyone who acts has his
rivals and unfortunately opponents also. But not because people want
to be opponents, rather because the tasks and relationships force
people to take different points of view. [Dr. Fritz Todt]
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