From owner-freebsd-current Wed Jan 28 11:42:02 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA02933 for current-outgoing; Wed, 28 Jan 1998 11:42:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ns.mt.sri.com (sri-gw.MT.net [206.127.105.141]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA02919 for ; Wed, 28 Jan 1998 11:41:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from nate@mt.sri.com) Received: from mt.sri.com (rocky.mt.sri.com [206.127.76.100]) by ns.mt.sri.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id MAA02523; Wed, 28 Jan 1998 12:41:57 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from nate@rocky.mt.sri.com) Received: by mt.sri.com (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id MAA05552; Wed, 28 Jan 1998 12:41:56 -0700 Date: Wed, 28 Jan 1998 12:41:56 -0700 Message-Id: <199801281941.MAA05552@mt.sri.com> From: Nate Williams MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: ac199@hwcn.org Cc: Nate Williams , current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: gnu/usr.bin/cvs/libdiff In-Reply-To: References: <199801281840.LAA05323@mt.sri.com> X-Mailer: VM 6.29 under 19.15 XEmacs Lucid Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk > > > W/out any user intevention? Amazing how it requires users to build > > them, isn't it? Yes, it *could* all be automated, but the 'resources' > > required to do it is greater than requiring humans doing the work. Now, > > in a weird twist of fate, that is exactly the same thing I said. > > Heh. Workers on a factory line are not users building their > cars. They are machines who just happen to have an advantageous > dexterity : cost ratio, as opposed to users who "understand the > build process". Actually, not completely. There are some that simply build things, but the 'new thinking' is that workers who understand the build process are more effecient/better than workers who just tighten bolts. Also, there are *always* workers who understand the entire build process when things go wrong (which they do). Nate