Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2017 12:54:33 +0100 From: "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@berklix.com> To: Adrian Chadd <adrian.chadd@gmail.com> Cc: "freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org" <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>, "freebsd-arch@freebsd.org" <freebsd-arch@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: The future of fortune(6) Message-ID: <201711251154.vAPBsXMX085057@fire.js.berklix.net> In-Reply-To: Your message "Fri, 24 Nov 2017 11:19:40 -0800." <CAJ-Vmo=puH=3%2B5HbKop3%2BWzyG35idZa-CMFSMJmfNmRyG7zFCw@mail.gmail.com>
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Adrian Chadd wrote: (top posting corrected here) > On 24 November 2017 at 08:47, Julian H. Stacey <jhs@berklix.com> wrote: > > fortune(6) is listed in ring bound 4.3BSD System Index. > > Butchering on personal whim without prior agreement seems abuse. > > BSD should be [temporarily] reverted & the commit bit suspended, > > pending commiters' peer review of an un-authorised deletion. > > Then decide what what to do with fortune. > hi, > Pardon me, but it's 2017 and the 4.3BSD system index isn't an immutable bible. > As a general push to packaging things in general, turning fortune into > a package seems like some low hanging fruit. > -adrian I avoided expressing opinion on where fortune might best be, to avoid distraction from the point: Commit bits are a privilege. Contentious commits forced through before discussion, should by policy be automaticaly reverted, & committers bit suspended, pending committer peer review - Not with reference to the desirability or otherwise of a commit, but for imposing on FreeBSD without prior discussion. Commiter conduct reviews should be seperate from discussion of desirability of a contentious commit. Cheers, Julian -- Julian H. Stacey, Computer Consultant, BSD Linux Unix Systems Engineer, Munich Reply below, Prefix '> '. Plain text, No .doc, base64, HTML, quoted-printable. http://berklix.eu/brexit/ UK stole 3,500,000 votes; 700,000 from Brits in EU.
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