From owner-freebsd-chat Wed Mar 8 9:19: 8 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from borg-cube.com (226-193.adsl2.avtel.net [207.71.226.193]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 005B437B5F0 for ; Wed, 8 Mar 2000 09:19:05 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dburr@borg-cube.com) Received: from locutus.borg-cube.com (locutus.collective.borg-cube.com [192.168.0.1]) by borg-cube.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id JAA72912 for ; Wed, 8 Mar 2000 09:19:00 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dburr@borg-cube.com) Message-Id: <4.3.0.20000308085724.00b0f000@mail.borg-cube.com> X-Sender: dburr@mail.borg-cube.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3 Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2000 09:18:54 -0800 To: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG From: "Donald Burr of Borg - http://www.borg-cube.com/" Subject: The Merger, and what will its effects be on committers? Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Ok, I'm sure by now that everyone has seen the "Walnut Creek is merging with BSDi" news, whether through Jordan's announcement or on /. or whatever. My personal opinion is "HELL YEAH!!!!" Both FreeBSD and BSDi can only stand to gain through this. And it will help quash the "Fragmented BSD" argument that those Linux weenies love to use. But I do have a concern, and it is an admittedly selfish and self-centered one. How will this affect committers, such as myself? Admittedly I haven't been doing much committing lately (there's been a LOT of weirdness has been going on in my life lately), but I have been working at getting back into things, slowly but surely. And I'd like to keep going at it :) * Will we have to renegotiate our contracts? Will there be new rules/regulations to read? Will there be forms that I have to sign? Etc... * What about the development tools? Will we still be using CVS, send-pr/GNATS, ssh logins on freefall, etc.? * And the mailing lists? Any change there? * What about Ports? This is probably my biggest concern, as Ports is the area where I am doing my work. * Etc. That's what I want to know. :) - dburr (watching the /. trolls emerge from underneath their rocks and other slimy places, wheeeee! :)) -- Donald Burr Resistance is Futile | FreeBSD: The WWW: http://www.borg-cube.com/ ICQ: UIN#16997506 | Power to Address: P.O. Box 91212, Santa Barbara, CA 93190-1212 | Serve! http:// Phone: (805) 957-9666 FAX: (800) 492-5954 | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message