From owner-svn-src-head@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jul 1 02:29:58 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-src-head@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 18333106564A; Wed, 1 Jul 2009 02:29:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gad@FreeBSD.org) Received: from smtp8.server.rpi.edu (smtp8.server.rpi.edu [128.113.2.228]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B24E58FC14; Wed, 1 Jul 2009 02:29:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gad@FreeBSD.org) Received: from [128.113.24.47] (gilead.netel.rpi.edu [128.113.24.47]) by smtp8.server.rpi.edu (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id n611MBN4026928; Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:22:12 -0400 Mime-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: In-Reply-To: <4A4A7F0B.1010001@freebsd.org> References: <200906301851.n5UIpNJQ089171@svn.freebsd.org> <4A4A626A.4080801@freebsd.org> <5A796102-063B-4032-92C9-EC97AF2E5D5B@msys.ch> <4A4A7F0B.1010001@freebsd.org> Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:22:11 -0400 To: Sam Leffler , Marc Balmer From: Garance A Drosehn Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" X-Bayes-Prob: 0.0001 (Score 0) X-RPI-SA-Score: 0.10 () [Hold at 20.00] COMBINED_FROM X-CanItPRO-Stream: outgoing X-Canit-Stats-ID: Bayes signature not available X-Scanned-By: CanIt (www . roaringpenguin . com) on 128.113.2.228 Cc: svn-src-head@FreeBSD.org, svn-src-all@FreeBSD.org, Martin Blapp , src-committers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r195200 - in head/usr.sbin: . wake X-BeenThere: svn-src-head@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: SVN commit messages for the src tree for head/-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 01 Jul 2009 02:29:58 -0000 At 2:09 PM -0700 6/30/09, Sam Leffler wrote: > >I have yet to hear a compelling argument for why wake was chosen >over an existing tool that's been successfully used for a while. >OTOH this isn't something that'll keep me up at night; it just seems >like an ill-advised rush job that completely violates the intent of >the 8.0 code freeze.. > > Sam I agree completely with what Sam is saying here. I don't see why this had to be done at the time it was done (WRT a code freeze), and without any discussion about adding it to FreeBSD. I also agree that it won't be keeping me up at night, because I'm about to go on vacation for 10-12 days here. But as Warner noted, "this leaves a bad taste in everybody's mouth, even if at the end of the day you get your way" -- Garance Alistair Drosehn = drosehn@rpi.edu Senior Systems Programmer or gad@FreeBSD.org Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Troy, NY; USA