From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Jul 11 2:20:54 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from axl.seasidesoftware.co.za (axl.seasidesoftware.co.za [196.31.7.201]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7F3A637B403; Wed, 11 Jul 2001 02:20:50 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sheldonh@starjuice.net) Received: from sheldonh (helo=axl.seasidesoftware.co.za) by axl.seasidesoftware.co.za with local-esmtp (Exim 3.31 #1) id 15KGBQ-0000J6-00; Wed, 11 Jul 2001 11:21:24 +0200 From: Sheldon Hearn To: bmah@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: "David Xu" , freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: vfs.vmiodirenable undocumented In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 10 Jul 2001 18:24:50 MST." <200107110124.f6B1Opv16887@intruder.bmah.org> Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2001 11:21:24 +0200 Message-ID: <1183.994843284@axl.seasidesoftware.co.za> Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, 10 Jul 2001 18:24:50 MST, "Bruce A. Mah" wrote: > I'm sorry, I missed the part of your message containing the patches to > fix this problem. Bruce, I'm using your message as an example because you're good at shrugging stuff like this off. :-) I'm very concerned with the fact that this style of response has become commonly accepted within the FreeBSD community. Yes, we like patches. Yes, in this case the only reason we don't have what David requested is that nobody's done the work. However, there's no need for sarcasm. This response could easily be reworded as Everyone agrees that better sysctl documentation would be great, but nobody has done the work to provide it. If you'd like to do the work, check the -hackers archives, where you'll find a few opinions about how this should be done. Ciao, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message