Date: Sun, 02 Dec 2007 12:45:37 -0800 From: Darren Pilgrim <phi@evilphi.com> To: "Aryeh M. Friedman" <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [RFC/P] Port System Re-Engineering Message-ID: <47531971.5050402@evilphi.com> In-Reply-To: <4752C5BD.7020304@gmail.com> References: <4752827F.20902@gmail.com> <20071202093625.D63241@laptop.unixathome.org> <4752C5BD.7020304@gmail.com>
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Aryeh M. Friedman wrote: >> Too much talk from people not willing to do the heavy lifting. > > There have been a number of serious attempts and in depth research > into various ports system issues (I still need to wade through a > rather long one sent to me privately)... an other question did you > read the preamble to this thread at all? (where it says I have > volunteered to do the "heavy lifting" for anything that comes out this > discussion [two others privately asked to also be involved]) What he's saying is that there have been many before you who have said and promised the same. Ideas get hashed out and we build amazing bike-sheds, but there has seldom been real product. What you have yet to do is distinguish yourself from history. In short, patches please. Until then, don't expect enthusiastic encouragement. -- Darren Pilgrim
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