Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2007 14:26:42 -0400 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: "Tuc at T-B-O-H.NET" <ml@t-b-o-h.net> Cc: FreeBSD - Ports <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org>, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Subject: Re: for Thomas E. Zander, mplayer maintainer. Message-ID: <20070809182642.GA5475@rot26.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <200708091816.l79IGw6Q063349@himinbjorg.tucs-beachin-obx-house.com> References: <20070809150257.GA2431@rot26.obsecurity.org> <200708091816.l79IGw6Q063349@himinbjorg.tucs-beachin-obx-house.com>
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--XsQoSWH+UP9D9v3l Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Aug 09, 2007 at 02:16:58PM -0400, Tuc at T-B-O-H.NET wrote: > >=20 > > On Thu, Aug 09, 2007 at 10:58:04AM -0400, Tuc at T-B-O-H.NET wrote: > > > >=20 > > > > Distributed, worldwide projects like FreeBSD rely on communication > > > > between their members. When one project member in a position of > > > > responsibility denies the ability for others to contact him -- whet= her > > > > it was his direct choice or just because he chooses to use a mail > > > > server with inappropriate filtering -- then it harms the project. > > > >=20 > > > Kris, FWIW, I think when someone posts a request for help onto > > > a list, gets back a dozen "Did you RTFM" either on list or offlist, > > > replies back that they did (And shows they did), and then gets dead > > > air.......... THAT harms the project. > >=20 > > Uh, you seem to be axe grinding, but I told you to follow up with the > > maintainer once I evaluated your report and didn't spot any obvious > > problems. Why wasn't that good enough for you? > >=20 > If you mean axe grinding in the sense that over the years I've > posted to freebsd-* for help with things pertaining to either a single > piece of software, procedure I read somewhere, problem during an=20 > upgrade, etc... and either been blown off, told to re-read the docs > that I've missed a crucial step (Which I stated that I did perform > in my original email), or told to fix something ELSE that had nothing to > do with it first... Then yea, I guess you can call it axe grinding.=20 >=20 > If your talking about the most recent interaction you/I had about=20 > portupgrade and +CONTENTS, thats a dead issue to me once others said > they saw it too. (Yea, its annoying as all hell especially on a filesystem > where every read/write is "precious", but I'll get over it, and if I > can't, I will follow the sage advice to CTFPM). And hey, yea, it was > f'n good enough for me, so thanks! (But again, you seem to be quite > defensive that I'm supposedly "axe grinding" over it) I was just surprised at this email that came out of the blue with clearly with some kind of hidden meaning to it, and all I could think was that you had some kind of problem with the only email interaction you and I have had recently. I'm sorry you had problems in the past, but this list isn't the place for airing general grievances about FreeBSD. Kris --XsQoSWH+UP9D9v3l Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFGu1xiWry0BWjoQKURAtHOAJ9fpyNUPCkYtVvSpJgcX7J0qv5ZTACeKI6a rmUHNllvoaCQMNNNTTcpxjA= =dM2u -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --XsQoSWH+UP9D9v3l--
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