Date: Fri, 03 May 2002 02:24:38 -0600 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> Cc: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>, Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>, arch@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: savcore dump names? Message-ID: <3CD24946.8F3CB0A4@softweyr.com> References: <11645.1020410832@critter.freebsd.dk>
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Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
>
> In message <XFMail.20020502182336.jhb@FreeBSD.org>, John Baldwin writes:
>
> >So it is acceptable to come in and break existing functionality because
> >you don't feel like finishing the job? I mean, come on, you had to do
> >the work to change the code to make it break existing functionality.
> >It would have been _less_ work to have left the code that respected
> >minfree, etc. and kept the filenames the same as it is.
> >
> >IMO, it is unacceptable to come in and break stuff and then say it's
> >not your problem to fix it.
>
> Sometimes you have to break the eggs to make an omelette.
But killing the hens rarely helps.
If you're actually admitting to leaving the job half-done, PHK, you should
immediately commit to finishing it.
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