From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 15 12:36:39 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 474FA16A4CF for ; Mon, 15 Mar 2004 12:36:39 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp.dkm.cz (smtp.dkm.cz [62.24.64.34]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B56C043D45 for ; Mon, 15 Mar 2004 12:36:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from neuhauser@chello.cz) Received: (qmail 1949 invoked by uid 0); 15 Mar 2004 20:36:35 -0000 Received: from r3al16.mistral.cz (HELO isis.wad.cz) (213.220.229.16) by smtp.dkm.cz with SMTP; 15 Mar 2004 20:36:35 -0000 Received: by isis.wad.cz (Postfix, from userid 1001) id B3BA52FDA01; Mon, 15 Mar 2004 21:37:24 +0100 (CET) Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2004 21:37:24 +0100 From: Roman Neuhauser To: "Gary W. Swearingen" Message-ID: <20040315203724.GA77608@isis.wad.cz> Mail-Followup-To: "Gary W. Swearingen" , Peter Schultz , freebsd-current@freebsd.org References: <20040315134745.1eb201f4.manlix@demonized.net> <20040315125710.GK797@camelot.theinternet.com.au> <20040315140153.30348b1e.manlix@demonized.net> <4055B648.3000306@bis.midco.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org cc: Peter Schultz Subject: Re: To the Armchair Directors X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2004 20:36:39 -0000 # underway@comcast.net / 2004-03-15 09:47:30 -0800: > Peter Schultz writes: > > > Don't piss off the programmers! ;-) > > > > If you're not a programmer, restrain yourself from suggesting how easy > > this or that thing would be to do. These guys simply *do not* need > > your "input". Remember that this is *open source* and that if you > > think something is worth doing that nobody else is working on, you > > need to take on the project yourself. > > The above sort of user-off-putting attitude seems inappropriate [...] Perhaps it's just me, but I read the Peter's email as a good-hearted, almost tongue-in-cheek warning: "careful, these guys tend to get pissed off, you might get burnt". As opposed to des' comments in the "proxy user missing" thread. Or this one. -- If you cc me or remove the list(s) completely I'll most likely ignore your message. see http://www.eyrie.org./~eagle/faqs/questions.html