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Date:      Mon, 20 Aug 2001 17:40:16 +0100
From:      Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org>
To:        "Kenneth D. Merry" <ken@kdm.org>
Cc:        Brian Somers <brian@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, brian@freebsd-services.com
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/lib/libdevstat devstat.c 
Message-ID:  <200108201640.f7KGeGU87252@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org>
In-Reply-To: Message from "Kenneth D. Merry" <ken@kdm.org>  of "Mon, 20 Aug 2001 10:10:03 MDT." <20010820101003.A70555@panzer.kdm.org> 

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> On Mon, Aug 20, 2001 at 05:45:02 -0700, Brian Somers wrote:
> > brian       2001/08/20 05:45:02 PDT
> > 
> >   Modified files:
> >     lib/libdevstat       devstat.c 
> >   Log:
> >   Handle snprintf() returning -1.
> >   
> >   MFC after:	2 weeks
> >   
> >   Revision  Changes    Path
> >   1.9       +5 -3      src/lib/libdevstat/devstat.c
> 
> Uhh, any particular reason you didn't send me mail about this?
> 
> (from libdevstat/Makefile)
> 
> MAINTAINER=ken@FreeBSD.ORG
> 
> Your subsequent change, in particular, is a good bit more involved, and
> neither you nor Bruce saw fit to send me any mail about it.

To be absolutely honest, I didn't even look for MAINTAINER flags.  I 
was under the impression that MAINTAINER means that you have an 
interest in this code and would like to be notified of any changes 
in case you know of a better way of doing it or in case they conflict 
with local changes that you haven't yet committed.

If this is the case, then please feel free to back out my changes and 
apply your own.  I can then make a mental note not to do the MFC.

BTW, I appreciate that this message sounds somewhat arrogant, but 
IMHO the MAINTAINER bit is not meant to prevent progress but rather 
to improve coherency for a given piece of software.

> Ken
> -- 
> Kenneth Merry
> ken@kdm.org

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