From owner-freebsd-questions Sat May 5 14:50:34 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [206.29.169.15]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A4BED37B422 for ; Sat, 5 May 2001 14:50:30 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Received: from tedm.placo.com (nat-rtr.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [206.29.168.154]) by mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (8.11.1/8.11.1) with SMTP id f45LoGk10501; Sat, 5 May 2001 14:50:16 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" To: "Roelof Osinga" , "Mike Meyer" Cc: "Gunther Schadow" , Subject: RE: I want to contribute a utility, how? Date: Sat, 5 May 2001 14:50:16 -0700 Message-ID: <006f01c0d5ad$5ebd59e0$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 8.5, Build 4.71.2173.0 In-Reply-To: <3AF45C6D.C7E36A28@eboa.com> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3155.0 Importance: Normal Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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 . > >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