From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 3 18:45:04 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C457216A46C for ; Mon, 3 Dec 2007 18:45:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from david@vizion2000.net) Received: from dns1.vizion2000.net (77-99-36-42.cable.ubr04.chap.blueyonder.co.uk [77.99.36.42]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 96E1C13C4E1 for ; Mon, 3 Dec 2007 18:45:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from david@vizion2000.net) Received: by dns1.vizion2000.net (Postfix, from userid 1007) id 7E98B1CC46; Mon, 3 Dec 2007 11:02:05 -0800 (PST) From: David Southwell Organization: Voice and Vision To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2007 11:02:05 -0800 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.7 References: <200712030308.32301.david@vizion2000.net> <475449B9.1010002@gmail.com> <05565EA0-357D-42AC-BEA1-A9F7A9796B40@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <05565EA0-357D-42AC-BEA1-A9F7A9796B40@FreeBSD.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200712031102.05255.david@vizion2000.net> Subject: Re: [RFC/P] Port System Re-Engineering X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 03 Dec 2007 18:45:04 -0000 On Monday 03 December 2007 10:37:21 Ade Lovett wrote: > On Dec 03, 2007, at 10:23 , Aryeh M. Friedman wrote: > > Only 2 are self-reported maintainers and at least 5 admit to not being > > maintainers... I think your main issue is you are 100% in "there is > > nothing wrong" camp and for what ever reason want to convience > > everyone else any effort to say/do differently is misguided. > > Please cite where I stated that, or post a retraction. > > I'll thank you for not putting words into my mouth. > > You seem unable to grasp even basic statistical fundamentals of what a > survey entails, and have repeatedly worked on the basis that somehow > anyone who even points out the simplest of flaws is part of the "them" > camp. > > This is not "us vs them". You've decided to take on, as countless > others before you have done, an attempt at changing status quo without > providing even the basics, let alone prototypes, as to how it *might* > be done. > > Quite frankly, this appears to be nothing more than random thoughts, > with not even an iota of concrete information to back it up. > > Naturally, I can't speak for the FreeBSD community at large, but from > this keyboards perspective, you're doing nothing other than wasting > time. > > Prove me wrong. Consider it a challenge. > > But for now, I certainly see nothing that even merits further responses. > > -aDe Well as none of your reponses have been genuinely constructive I do not suppose an absense of them will be greatly missed. david