From owner-freebsd-ports Mon Jul 22 6:24:55 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C4E1D37B400; Mon, 22 Jul 2002 06:24:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: from squall.waterspout.com (squall.waterspout.com [208.13.56.12]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3893543E3B; Mon, 22 Jul 2002 06:24:51 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from will@csociety.org) Received: by squall.waterspout.com (Postfix, from userid 1050) id B591E9B47; Mon, 22 Jul 2002 08:24:50 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2002 08:24:50 -0500 From: Will Andrews To: Neil Blakey-Milner Cc: Will Andrews , Simon 'corecode' Schubert , Nik Clayton , ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Proposed new 'options' target Message-ID: <20020722132450.GQ52296@squall.waterspout.com> Mail-Followup-To: Neil Blakey-Milner , Will Andrews , Simon 'corecode' Schubert , Nik Clayton , ports@FreeBSD.ORG References: <20020720162928.GD37802@clan.nothing-going-on.org> <20020720190909.458442de.corecode@corecode.ath.cx> <20020720175640.GI52296@squall.waterspout.com> <20020721112247.GA44412@mithrandr.moria.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20020721112247.GA44412@mithrandr.moria.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.26i Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sun, Jul 21, 2002 at 01:22:47PM +0200, Neil Blakey-Milner wrote: > 7) Do it, and don't shut up about it until it's in. Eventually someone > else will agree you have a good idea. Don't give up. (Now if only I > followed my own advice.) > > I don't have time in the immediate future for this (historical > contribution treatment not motivational either), but if I'm the sole > hope for implementation (although I seriously doubt it), someone nudge > me in two weeks. Sounds like a plan to me. All your other suggestions were good. I remember discussions about your design, but hardly remember what exactly happened. It's a shame we didn't have this stuff years ago, but regardless, it is overall a good idea. Regards, -- wca To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message