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Date:      Thu, 05 Sep 1996 08:20:09 +0200
From:      Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.tfs.com>
To:        rkw@dataplex.net (Richard Wackerbarth)
Cc:        Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com>, current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Latest Current build failure 
Message-ID:  <570.841904409@critter.tfs.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 04 Sep 1996 16:50:00 CDT." <v02140b02ae53a4a2fce7@[208.2.87.4]> 

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In message <v02140b02ae53a4a2fce7@[208.2.87.4]>, Richard Wackerbarth writes:
>Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> writes:
>
>>I think you give too much 'power' to the 'powers that be'.  You're
>>completely free to do anything you want.  But, *FIRST* of all show a
>>working prototype and *THEN* expect to be heralded as the hero.
>>
>>Put the cart before the horse, not the other way around.
>
>Not in this case. This involves a policy change for the distribution of FreeBS
>D.
>THere is no way that I can modify the distribution channels without the
>"blessing" of the 'core'.

You can implement and distribute the sources any way you want.

The operative word here is "modify the distribution channels", how 
about you "augment the distribution channels" instead ?

Do the same as I did when I made CTM:  implement it, announce
it, and if sufficient people join the band, you have a parade.

I had no guarantees that CTM would be a success, be approved or anything
else, I invested the time and I was lucky: it paid of.  A lot of things
I have spent time on in FreeBSD didn't.  That's life.

Rough concensus & working code, remember ?


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