From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 19 23:49:43 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 24574106566C for ; Fri, 19 Mar 2010 23:49:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dougb@FreeBSD.org) Received: from mail2.fluidhosting.com (mx21.fluidhosting.com [204.14.89.4]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A15148FC0C for ; Fri, 19 Mar 2010 23:49:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 17262 invoked by uid 399); 19 Mar 2010 23:49:40 -0000 Received: from localhost (HELO foreign.dougb.net) (dougb@dougbarton.us@127.0.0.1) by localhost with ESMTPAM; 19 Mar 2010 23:49:40 -0000 X-Originating-IP: 127.0.0.1 X-Sender: dougb@dougbarton.us Message-ID: <4BA40D93.90804@FreeBSD.org> Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:49:39 -0700 From: Doug Barton Organization: http://SupersetSolutions.com/ User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.9.1.7) Gecko/20100218 Thunderbird/3.0.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org References: <4B9A4C65.4040606@joseph-a-nagy-jr.us> <970380131003171157m104953fen9f99e82823f564b@mail.gmail.com> <201003180950.04627.achill@matrix.gatewaynet.com> <20100318062151.7791fdbc@scorpio.seibercom.net> <20100318113348.281f2de5@ernst.jennejohn.org> <970380131003180354n37bf379ej9b17aab91a1c130@mail.gmail.com> <19362.8135.173250.410907@jerusalem.litteratus.org> <970380131003180713v89c630cucbe506dbba19eb25@mail.gmail.com> <4BA2C4E0.1050805@FreeBSD.org> <20100319062247.7068afff@scorpio.seibercom.net> In-Reply-To: <20100319062247.7068afff@scorpio.seibercom.net> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.0.1 OpenPGP: id=D5B2F0FB Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Subject: Re: Java For Firefox X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 23:49:43 -0000 On 03/19/10 03:22, Jerry wrote: > On Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:27:12 -0700 > Doug Barton articulated: > >> People who provide suggestions on how things _should_ be without being >> able to help make them that way shouldn't be surprised when they get a >> possibly negative response. Both parties would be better served by >> ignoring such comments altogether. > > So, what you are inferring The speaker implies, the hearer infers. However, I was not implying anything. My (carefully worded) statement speaks for itself. Others have elaborated on this point already, I won't attempt to improve upon the already excellent responses. Doug -- ... and that's just a little bit of history repeating. -- Propellerheads Improve the effectiveness of your Internet presence with a domain name makeover! http://SupersetSolutions.com/