From owner-freebsd-chat Sat Jan 20 8:21:17 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from spammie.svbug.com (unknown [198.79.110.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A25C937B402; Sat, 20 Jan 2001 08:20:23 -0800 (PST) Received: from spammie.svbug.com (localhost.mozie.org [127.0.0.1]) by spammie.svbug.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id IAA05269; Sat, 20 Jan 2001 08:20:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jessem@spammie.svbug.com) Message-Id: <200101201620.IAA05269@spammie.svbug.com> Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2001 08:20:02 -0800 (PST) From: opentrax@email.com Reply-To: opentrax@email.com Subject: Re: Why did NetBSD and FreeBSD diverge? To: jhb@FreeBSD.org Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.org, nik@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On 19 Jan, John Baldwin wrote: > [ cc's trimeed, no need to spam NetBSD with this :) ] > > On 19-Jan-01 opentrax@email.com wrote: >> >> >> On 19 Jan, Nik Clayton wrote: >>> On Fri, Jan 19, 2001 at 01:06:49PM +0100, Brad Knowles wrote: >>>> Speaking as a relative newcomer to FreeBSD, I definitely feel >>>> that there is a certain amount of hazing that goes on. If you want >>>> to contribute to the project, you're expected to write code. >>> >>> Manifestly not true. Write new documentation or help improve existing >>> documentation. >>> >>> That's probably the fastest track to getting a commit bit as well. >>> >> I have to disagree Nik. > > Actually JMJ, I originally got my commit bit to do documentation stuff by > converting the Committer's Guide from plain text to DocBook with appropriate > markup. I then meandered my way over into the src/ tree where I now spend my > time engaged in SMP hacking. I still like to do docs, I've written several > kernel manpages and FAQ entries. The Documentation Project is certainly an > easy way to get involved with the project. > I don't believe you comments do anything to dispell(sp?) the comments made by Terry. At best, you comments support his position. Jessem. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message