Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2010 13:16:21 -0700 From: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> To: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> Cc: src-committers@freebsd.org, rpaulo@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, bz@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org, anchie@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r211501 - in head/sys: modules modules/send netinet netinet6 sys Message-ID: <4C718595.5050304@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20100822.134229.550118873867470111.imp@bsdimp.com> References: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1008211534450.1942@qbhto.arg> <20100821.191255.1023414010414033264.imp@bsdimp.com> <4C717990.6020601@FreeBSD.org> <20100822.134229.550118873867470111.imp@bsdimp.com>
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On 08/22/2010 12:42, M. Warner Losh wrote: > I think you're drawing the wrong conclusion here. Doubtful. :) > My point is that we have trusted folks in the past to do the right > thing, even when they don't say they will. And my point, which I will make one last time, is that this model hasn't worked. Yes, it works sometimes, but we still have a bunch of stuff that doesn't have _any_ man page at all. If we want to continue the transition to being a more professional OS that isn't acceptable. I've already made the points about why working through the documentation _before_ committing is valuable, and that the simple step of requiring this is an easy way to make sure the problem we have doesn't get any worse. Clearly there isn't a lot of sympathy for either of these perspectives in the wider community, so c'est la vie. But I was serious about my other comment, if you(pl.) are not willing to make a change to improve the situation, you lose the right to complain down the road when the man pages don't magically appear. > towards Ann Wrong name. :) Doug -- Improve the effectiveness of your Internet presence with a domain name makeover! http://SupersetSolutions.com/ Computers are useless. They can only give you answers. -- Pablo Picasso
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