From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Aug 23 09:55:39 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id JAA10468 for hackers-outgoing; Fri, 23 Aug 1996 09:55:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: from skiddaw.elsevier.co.uk (root@skiddaw.elsevier.co.uk [193.131.222.60]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id JAA10426 for ; Fri, 23 Aug 1996 09:55:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: from snowdon.elsevier.co.uk (snowdon.elsevier.co.uk [193.131.197.164]) by skiddaw.elsevier.co.uk (8.6.13/8.6.12) with ESMTP id RAA01843 for ; Fri, 23 Aug 1996 17:54:56 +0100 Received: from tees.elsevier.co.uk (actually host tees) by snowdon with SMTP (PP); Fri, 23 Aug 1996 17:54:33 +0100 Received: (from dpr@localhost) by tees.elsevier.co.uk (8.6.13/8.6.12) id RAA02718; Fri, 23 Aug 1996 17:53:42 +0100 To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" Cc: Poul-Henning Kamp , Paul Richards , rkw@dataplex.net (Richard Wackerbarth), Julian Assange , freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Am I wrong or is this just stupid?r References: <21203.840817857@time.cdrom.com> From: Paul Richards Date: 23 Aug 1996 17:53:40 +0100 In-Reply-To: "Jordan K. Hubbard"'s message of Fri, 23 Aug 1996 09:30:57 -0700 Message-ID: <57sp9e2ga3.fsf@elsevier.co.uk> Lines: 20 X-Mailer: Gnus v5.3/Emacs 19.30 Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk "Jordan K. Hubbard" writes: > > > Pointing a finger at something and saying: "This is wrong" has > > historically not been a method for encouraging progress. > > I couldn't have put it any better myself. Ohh cmon guys. I only chipped in with my opinion on why I thought Jordan was probably right about the make process being overly complex for the way things are today. I don't seem to recall pointing a finger at anyone or saying something was inherently wrong. -- Paul Richards. Originative Solutions Ltd. (Netcraft Ltd. contractor) Elsevier Science TIS online journal project. Email: p.richards@elsevier.co.uk Phone: 0370 462071 (Mobile), +44 (0)1865 843155