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Date:      Mon, 28 Dec 1998 15:15:36 -0800 (PST)
From:      Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com>
To:        Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD current users <FreeBSD-current@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Thanks, Core Team
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.95.981228151522.20004F-100000@current1.whistle.com>
In-Reply-To: <19981228112851.Y12346@freebie.lemis.com>

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On Mon, 28 Dec 1998, Greg Lehey wrote:

> OK, I'll try to summarize what I understand of the latest changes in -CURRENT:
> 
> 1.  LKMs are gone.
> 2.  This was decided by the core team.
> 3.  Nobody else was informed.
> 4.  In my case, my Vinum product just got dumped from the repository.
>     The first thing I heard was a laconic comment from Søren saying
>     ``Sorry for the mess, but it was overdue...'', followed by a
>     commit message showing them all gone.
> 
> Well, thanks a lot.  Suddenly, without any warning (but still
> overdue...), my project is gone, and I have an unknown amount of work
> to get back on track.  The least I would have expected would be a bit
> of advance warning.  Instead, what do I get?
> 
> On Sunday, 27 December 1998 at 18:20:00 +0100, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
> >
> > The cleanups have been discussed in -core.
> >
> > -committers is a notorious unproductive and flame-prone place to
> > discuss code removal.
>   
> Well, this is certainly an unproductive and flame-prone way to perform
> code removal.  I'd consider it a slap in the eye for all non-core
> committers.  I'd be interested in knowing how you would perform it if
> you were deliberately trying to annoy us.
> 
> Greg
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