From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 26 09:39:10 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3115F16A4CE; Fri, 26 Dec 2003 09:39:10 -0800 (PST) Received: from mailhost.catholic.org (mailhost.catholic.org [66.122.14.20]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 369D443D39; Fri, 26 Dec 2003 09:39:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from phk@catholic.org) Received: from webmail.catholic.org (webmail.catholic.org [66.122.14.27]) by mailhost.catholic.org (8.12.10/8.10.0) with SMTP id hBQHj93O000743; Fri, 26 Dec 2003 09:45:09 -0800 Received: from 202.54.61.104 (SquirrelMail authenticated user phk) by webmail.catholic.org with HTTP; Fri, 26 Dec 2003 17:39:08 -0000 (GMT) Message-ID: <40607.202.54.61.104.1072460348.squirrel@webmail.catholic.org> Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2003 17:39:08 -0000 (GMT) From: "Pull-Henning Kunt" To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 Importance: Normal Subject: I'm resigning from FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2003 17:39:10 -0000 Back in the day, around FreeBSD 2.2.8, it was a very nice operating system. However, when RELENG_5 was branched, a lot of wrong decisions were made, most of them by people with zero clue about how to implement proper SMP (e.g. John Baldwin). Matt Dillon tried to fix the situation, but all he got in response was a commit bit suspension, which later lead to his expulsion (1) (1) http://slashdot.org/articles/03/02/03/239238.shtml?tid=122&tid=156 You can thank assholes like: Poul-Henning Kamp (POT, KETTLE, BLACK), Greg Lehey, Dag-Erling Smorgrav, Mark Murray and Bill Fumerola for kicking him out and making sure that, thanks to overengineering, RELENG_5 will never work. Pull-Henning Kunt FreeBSD coreteam member phk@FreeBSD.ORG "Real hackers run -current on their laptop." "ttyv0" -- What UNIX calls a kill da jews. ----------------------------------------- This email was sent using FREE Catholic Online Webmail. http://webmail.catholic.org/ Celebrate Advent with Catholic Online. Support our Advent sponsors by visiting them at http://www.catholic.org/clife/advent/specials.php