Date: Sat, 5 May 2001 14:50:16 -0700 From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com> To: "Roelof Osinga" <roelof@eboa.com>, "Mike Meyer" <mwm@mired.org> Cc: "Gunther Schadow" <gunther@aurora.regenstrief.org>, <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: I want to contribute a utility, how? Message-ID: <006f01c0d5ad$5ebd59e0$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com> In-Reply-To: <3AF45C6D.C7E36A28@eboa.com>
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Naw, what I want to know is how many bits can a bit of bit committers shift when accessing the commit bits to add committed bits to the dist? Ted Mittelstaedt tedm@toybox.placo.com Author of: The FreeBSD Corporate Networker's Guide Book website: http://www.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com >-----Original Message----- >From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG >[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Roelof Osinga >Sent: Saturday, May 05, 2001 1:03 PM >To: Mike Meyer >Cc: Gunther Schadow; questions@FreeBSD.ORG >Subject: Re: I want to contribute a utility, how? > > >Mike Meyer wrote: >> >> ... >> To get something added to the distribution, you really have to find >> someone with the commit bit willing to maintain it. If you want to > >So you've got to have a(ccess to) commit bit to commit a bit. Makes >sense to me <g>. > >But, suppose you've bitten off a wee bit too much. Taken a bigger >byte, so to speak. The question then surely becomes how many bitted >committers one needs to have ones byte bitten a bit bit committed? > >Well... it is a question and about FreeBSD to boot! > >Roelof > >PS that reminds me. How does one become a bit committer (not that I'm >solliciting mind :). Is it really true that one must bow ones knees >and swear to uphoald the spirit of free source, fight the evil pests >(or bugs as some dialects would have it), not to mention slay dragons >and rescue damsels in (dist|und)ress when the opportunity arises >before one receives the blow (or tap depending on build) on the >shoulder and becomes bitted. > >PS okay, true, I'm ripe to be a bit committed ;) > >-- >----------------------------------------------------------------------- >eBOAź est. 1982 >tel. +31-58-2123014 web. http://eBOA.com/ >fax. +31-58-2160293 mail info@eBOA.com > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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