From owner-freebsd-current Wed Apr 9 17:52:19 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id RAA00649 for current-outgoing; Wed, 9 Apr 1997 17:52:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: from time.cdrom.com (root@time.cdrom.com [204.216.27.226]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id RAA00644 for ; Wed, 9 Apr 1997 17:52:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: from time.cdrom.com (jkh@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by time.cdrom.com (8.8.5/8.6.9) with ESMTP id RAA19325; Wed, 9 Apr 1997 17:51:51 -0700 (PDT) To: "Louis A. Mamakos" cc: David Nugent , Chuck Robey , FreeBSD current Subject: Re: make world In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 09 Apr 1997 12:59:33 EDT." <199704091659.MAA19396@whizzo.transsys.com> Date: Wed, 09 Apr 1997 17:51:51 -0700 Message-ID: <19321.860633511@time.cdrom.com> From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" Sender: owner-current@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > I've had very mixed results getting stuff merged into the tree - the > Brooktree 848 changes I've done got merged because someone with commit > privs was also actively involved in the process. The socket-timestamp > kernel code got in. But after two attempts to get simple changes to > /usr/sbin/moused in (which would keep my mouse working when doing > 'make world', sigh) and a one-liner to > /usr/src/sbin/mount/getmntopts.c to fix a bug introduced recently > introduced that breaks cfs, I dunno what to think. This happens sometimes and the best I can recommend to *anyone* faced with desultory response from -committers is to follow this track: 1. Submit the bug fix or enhancement with send-pr, waiting for your acknowledgement and assigned tracking number to be returned. 2. Wait about a week. If it's committed, go back to step 1 for your next change. If not, go to step 3. 3. Send mail to committers@freebsd.org saying "Hey, is *anyone* going to commit PR#123456 or at least tell me why it's bogus? Please? Thanks!" 4. Wait a week. If it's still not committed, send mail to jkh@freebsd.org saying "HEY, THEY'RE IGNORING ME OVER THERE, HELP JORDAN!!" and I will step in and try to see that it's resolved somehow, even if I have to commit it myself. I hate to see this happen to anyone. Jordan