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Date:      Tue, 17 Nov 1998 15:06:16 -0800 (PST)
From:      Jason Fesler <jfesler@gigo.com>
To:        Sheldon Hearn <axl@iafrica.com>
Cc:        Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai <asmodai@wxs.nl>, current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Heads up file 
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.00.9811171454210.7077-100000@heaven.gigo.com>
In-Reply-To: <784.911343116@axl.training.iafrica.com>

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> |	If you are not on the FreeBSD-current mailing list you will
> |	not see the comments that people are making about the
..
 .. Which is noisy beyond believe at times - signal to noise ratio is
pretty bad pretty often.  We seem to be trying to get more exposure to the
3.0 branch - checkouts of "." are now spitting out 3.0.  With the people
now using 3.0 it's somethings a bit much to ask they stay current with
current (no pun intended).

> |       The cvs-all mailing list will allow you to see the commit

Oh, those are easy to read quicky ;-).  Definately invaluable but not the
quickest to get through.

> Now, it is obvious that people are _not_ reading this. Do you think the
> people who are not reading this are any more likely to read a HEADSUP
> file? If not, then it's requires work that doesn't have a meaningful
> payoff.

I think this mainly depends on where it's placed.  If it were prominantly
placed, it might take a few sticks of clue (Hey! Either read "current" or
at least read the heads up file!), but catch on quickly enough.

> work, he or she will need to be convinced that it'll pay off. I'm just
> trying to give you insight into why "someone" might not jump forward and
> say "YES, I will take on this responsibility".

I'd certainly be willing to offer this help but I'm only able to commit to
once or twice a day 6 days a week.  I secondly don't have CVS access in 
order to
maintain it.  

If I were to work on it, the notes would be brief - and if
they required detailed instructions a url to the post in -current would be
provided, or the url to a document in the local source tree (whatever is
appropriate).



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