From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 12 07:37:17 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 970ED16A41F for ; Thu, 12 Jan 2006 07:37:17 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jrhett@mail.meer.net) Received: from outbound0.sv.meer.net (outbound0.sv.meer.net [205.217.152.13]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DD15243D5E for ; Thu, 12 Jan 2006 07:37:11 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jrhett@mail.meer.net) Received: from mail.meer.net (mail.meer.net [209.157.152.14]) by outbound0.sv.meer.net (8.12.10/8.12.6) with ESMTP id k0C7au1t015192; Wed, 11 Jan 2006 23:37:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jrhett@mail.meer.net) Received: from mail.meer.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.meer.net (8.13.3/8.13.3/meer) with ESMTP id k0C7YnpM003646; Wed, 11 Jan 2006 23:34:49 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jrhett@mail.meer.net) Received: (from jrhett@localhost) by mail.meer.net (8.13.3/8.13.3) id k0C7Ynjp003643; Wed, 11 Jan 2006 23:34:49 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jrhett) Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 23:34:49 -0800 From: Jo Rhett To: Dag-Erling Sm?rgrav Message-ID: <20060112073449.GF84964@svcolo.com> Mail-Followup-To: Dag-Erling Sm?rgrav , freebsd-stable@freebsd.org References: <43A266E5.3080103@samsco.org> <43AB1E65.2030501@mac.com> <20051222221202.GM39174@svcolo.com> <200512231136.12471.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> <20060105092448.GH1358@svcolo.com> <20060105184147.GD69162@funkthat.com> <20060106110318.GF54324@svcolo.com> <86irsw1bwm.fsf@xps.des.no> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <86irsw1bwm.fsf@xps.des.no> Organization: svcolo.com User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Fast releases demand binary updates.. X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 07:37:17 -0000 On Sat, Jan 07, 2006 at 01:05:13PM +0100, Dag-Erling Sm?rgrav wrote: > So *you're* the AC that keeps predicting the death of *BSD on /.! I have no idea what you are referring to. Not something I would say anyway. > > I don't bother writing up patches for FreeBSD because every time I > > do they sit in a PR and get ignored for several years. Then someone > > that does have commit rights makes their own patch (which often is > > less useful) but they own it and the best I've ever succeeded at was > > convincing them to put some of the ideas from my patch into their > > code. > > Every single time? > > There are five PRs with your name on in GNATS (assuming you and > are one and same) > > ports/76013 - patch committed after four months > ports/76019 - superceded after a month One was committed, the other superceded. The first change only works if the latter is commited. Thus, the port remains broken and we keep using localized patches to fix it. The 'superceding port' is a different apache module that has different limitations. There is no reason not to commit the latter and fix this particular port, but I can't convince anyone to do that. > ports/76724 - patch committed after a week > docs/87445 - immediately adopted by a committer, being worked on I received no e-mail notification of either. My posts about said bugs to the appropriate mailing lists garnered no responses other than "put in GNATS" > Oh, how we have wronged you! Please let us know how we may correct > this grievous injustice! Nice sarcasm. Doesn't change that these were ignored, or that other proposed patches gathered zero responses so I stopped bothering to submit them. As I said, I've learned that "no response" means "will be ignored". -- Jo Rhett senior geek SVcolo : Silicon Valley Colocation