Date: Sat, 3 Dec 2016 09:17:27 -0700 (MST) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: David I Noel <david.i.noel@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Replies to spam Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.20.1612030915050.87845@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <CAHAXwYBKEXjLQHCSxDbYx-e4E6Y=oS_AW5QYHr6Q%2Bc2saKD9Mw@mail.gmail.com> References: <20161124123456.056654ff@archlinux.localdomain> <20161124171051.GA32472@becker.bs.l> <CAOLAi32P9VifQJrKAtovEpxg-Vv_XZXqo=nYR37aYwy9=Wt1Xw@mail.gmail.com> <ff50c697-d4f8-45b9-b5ba-9a37af88b73a@unixarea.de> <3E.0D.19237.9CB8A385@dnvrco-omsmta01> <20161127085920.3dc07007@moonstudio> <CAHAXwYAJnKVRCi0%2Btf63g7sEKDVA%2BVKWTRVBe4H43YjjnZqcNQ@mail.gmail.com> <20161129061033.GA2007@c720-r292778-amd64> <20161129094958.10e7a931@archlinux.localdomain> <CAHAXwYBKEXjLQHCSxDbYx-e4E6Y=oS_AW5QYHr6Q%2Bc2saKD9Mw@mail.gmail.com>
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On Tue, 29 Nov 2016, David I Noel wrote: > I hope we can at least agree on one thing--that however many people > take one side or the other (though I'm not really sure how many > "sides" there are here), this entire conversation is fairly pointless > as nothing is going to change. > > We are not the "deciders". Project decisions get made behind walled > gardens by an anointed few offline, or on lists that a select group > have access to, and no one on the outside has any insight into, or say > in the process. Unless maybe you donate lots of money. That type of decision could be made by core, but there is a dogma with some aspects of the project that is difficult to overcome. "Historically, we have always done it this way, therefore that is the way it must always be done."
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