From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 5 15:33:27 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9851E106566C for ; Thu, 5 Jun 2008 15:33:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cmarlatt@rxsec.com) Received: from core.rxsec.com (core.rxsec.com [64.132.46.102]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 429DC8FC20 for ; Thu, 5 Jun 2008 15:33:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cmarlatt@rxsec.com) Received: (qmail 19354 invoked by uid 2009); 5 Jun 2008 15:22:31 -0000 Received: from 10.1.0.239 by core.rxsec.com (envelope-from , uid 2008) with qmail-scanner-1.25-st-qms (clamdscan: 0.86.2/1102. spamassassin: 3.0.4. perlscan: 1.25-st-qms. Clear:RC:0(10.1.0.239):SA:0(-2.0/5.0):. Processed in 1.590148 secs); 05 Jun 2008 15:22:31 -0000 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.0 required=5.0 X-Antivirus-RXSEC-Mail-From: cmarlatt@rxsec.com via core.rxsec.com X-Antivirus-RXSEC: 1.25-st-qms (Clear:RC:0(10.1.0.239):SA:0(-2.0/5.0):. Processed in 1.590148 secs Process 19331) Received: from unknown (HELO ?10.1.0.239?) (cmarlatt@rxsec.com@10.1.0.239) by core.rxsec.com with SMTP; 5 Jun 2008 15:22:29 -0000 Message-ID: <4848073C.2060509@rxsec.com> Date: Thu, 05 Jun 2008 11:33:16 -0400 From: Chris Marlatt Organization: Receive Security User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (Windows/20080421) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Adrian Chadd References: <9B7FE91B-9C2E-4732-866C-930AC6022A40@netconsonance.com> <4846D849.2090005@FreeBSD.org> <4846E14C.709@FreeBSD.org> <48472CCF.8080101@FreeBSD.org> <4847EF62.1070709@rxsec.com> <4847F814.10409@FreeBSD.org> <4847FB1D.1050400@rxsec.com> In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: FreeBSD Stable Subject: Re: challenge: end of life for 6.2 is premature with buggy 6.3 X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 05 Jun 2008 15:33:27 -0000 Adrian Chadd wrote: > The project is doing what it can with what people are contributing. If What if it can accomplish the same or more by simply reorganizing what it's already doing? I completely understand the apparent situation - if you look at it from all angles it appears to be no different than that of the people apposed to the recent scheduling changes FreeBSD has made. There's a limited amount of people and time to do everything. > you'd like a distribution supported for longer then offer to help > maintain it. You may be surprised how helpful people get when you > offer to help. :0 Again IMHO the only message coming across here is either do it yourself or keep your mouth shut. The other side of the coin here is - what's to say the FreeBSD project requires what I can offer? Granted it's been sometime since I've browsed the entire FreeBSD.org site but last I checked there wasn't an area devoted to the needs of the project. Furthermore, just because someone isn't providing assistance doesn't mean that their concerns should go unheard. It's quite possible what was proposed is an awful idea and if it is so be it. But it would appear as though it wasn't even considered. Regards, Chris