From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Dec 17 14:23:32 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id OAA20256 for hackers-outgoing; Wed, 17 Dec 1997 14:23:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers) Received: from ns.mt.sri.com (sri-gw.MT.net [206.127.105.141]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id OAA20244 for ; Wed, 17 Dec 1997 14:23:20 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from nate@mt.sri.com) Received: from mt.sri.com (rocky.mt.sri.com [206.127.76.100]) by ns.mt.sri.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id PAA11161; Wed, 17 Dec 1997 15:22:43 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from nate@rocky.mt.sri.com) Received: by mt.sri.com (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id PAA14359; Wed, 17 Dec 1997 15:22:41 -0700 Date: Wed, 17 Dec 1997 15:22:41 -0700 Message-Id: <199712172222.PAA14359@mt.sri.com> From: Nate Williams MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: Terry Lambert Cc: daniel_sobral@voga.com.br, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why so many steps to build new kernel? In-Reply-To: <199712172132.OAA16469@usr07.primenet.com> References: <83256570.006D585F.00@papagaio.voga.com.br> <199712172132.OAA16469@usr07.primenet.com> X-Mailer: VM 6.29 under 19.15 XEmacs Lucid Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > > Since compiler users outnumber compiler writers 1000:1, if it's > > > possible to save a compiler user 1 hour, it's worth 1000 hours > > > of the compiler writer's time. > > I'm willing to be democratic here. Since when was development ever claimed to be a democratic process? Heck, I've got 10-20 people willing to be added to the 'FS-101' list by you, but up till now very little progress has been made. Why do you expect other developers to spend the 1000 hours of work add new features to make your life easier when you aren't willing to spend 1-2 to get things started. Nate