From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 20 18:08:41 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BADAF16A469 for ; Wed, 20 Jun 2007 18:08:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kurt.buff@gmail.com) Received: from wa-out-1112.google.com (wa-out-1112.google.com [209.85.146.179]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 94C5313C457 for ; Wed, 20 Jun 2007 18:08:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kurt.buff@gmail.com) Received: by wa-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id j37so225085waf for ; Wed, 20 Jun 2007 11:08:41 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=BrlCrzEG7ny5feuC3+emi8Lboo6qooCdUsZDKZDj9+5MKKMQ6FGwghKKmI/bmXKHHNtU9dzHT1WIc53ADTnk3naOuOuIe8W+OjtAR5q9TeqwhX6S21QpVztKsrTqG6XppAmq9XnPU24gwlkVGw2HKMNKmleqVfzW4ZUEbRynz9Q= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=CjNzf/UF04eAmmyul6wCVf4qiRUQHzJsy630tgE5zptMXi0C3y1dWliEnznTxIoC8KhklUPYPVtQI8n0BvqsaWh4iRc6ZX51BIPT0mwgquwN740kZzCw/CsyUfPdmyQW9O2jPa488QTrL8epH+M+Ri+cVdGA4WbUAwtaPtf7OJ8= Received: by 10.115.17.1 with SMTP id u1mr551873wai.1182361228172; Wed, 20 Jun 2007 10:40:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.114.173.11 with HTTP; Wed, 20 Jun 2007 10:40:28 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2007 10:40:28 -0700 From: "Kurt Buff" To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <20070620164749.GN45993@therub.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <20070620151306.GM45993@therub.org> <20070620115023971992.49dc4616@kjsl.com> <20070620164749.GN45993@therub.org> Subject: Re: how much beer do I need to get this patch applied? X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2007 18:08:41 -0000 On 6/20/07, Dan Rue wrote: > On Wed, Jun 20, 2007 at 11:50:23AM -0400, Javier Henderson wrote: > > On Wed, 20 Jun 2007 10:13:06 -0500, Dan Rue wrote: > > > On Wed, Jun 20, 2007 at 08:47:48PM -0700, Jo Rhett wrote: > > >> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=bin/88486 > > >> > > >> This patch was supplied 2 years ago now. It doesn't change > > >> current/ expected behavior but does allow those of us with many, > > >> many systems to not get useless e-mail. > > >> > > >> It's not even my patch! I would simply like to see this done... > > > > > > I second that notion. Isn't the *nix model to be quiet when > > > everything is OK? > > > > So if it's quiet, is it because it's OK, or because it's too broken to > > complain? > > If it's too broken to complain, then the behavior is the same with or > without this patch. Indeed, which is why this patch might not be such a good idea. In this case, absence of evidence is indeed evidence of absence, which is contrary to the general case. Perhaps the OP needs a better way of dealing with the notifications than simply turning them off. My $US0.02 Kurt