From owner-freebsd-chat Sun Feb 9 10:37:59 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 602D037B401 for ; Sun, 9 Feb 2003 10:37:58 -0800 (PST) Received: from mta06-svc.ntlworld.com (mta06-svc.ntlworld.com [62.253.162.46]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DCE0E43FA3 for ; Sun, 9 Feb 2003 10:37:56 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from colin.percival@wadham.ox.ac.uk) Received: from piii600.wadham.ox.ac.uk ([81.103.196.4]) by mta06-svc.ntlworld.com (InterMail vM.4.01.03.27 201-229-121-127-20010626) with ESMTP id <20030209183747.QOWT4022.mta06-svc.ntlworld.com@piii600.wadham.ox.ac.uk>; Sun, 9 Feb 2003 18:37:47 +0000 Message-Id: <5.0.2.1.1.20030209183111.03475ea8@popserver.sfu.ca> X-Sender: cperciva@popserver.sfu.ca X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.0.2 Date: Sun, 09 Feb 2003 18:37:41 +0000 To: Mark Murray From: Colin Percival Subject: Re: Okay, I think I need some serious introduction ;-) Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <200302091816.h19IGQaX034872@grimreaper.grondar.org> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org At 18:16 09/02/2003 +0000, Mark Murray wrote: >Use the OS. When something bothers you, fix it :-). Submit your fix >back through the usual channels to learn the project norms and customs. Continuing on with this process, what's the next step? Specifically, after finding a bug, fixing it, submitting a PR with included patches to -CURRENT and -STABLE, and watching it sit in GNATS for 8 weeks, is there anything to do other than keep on waiting? Colin Percival To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message