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Date:      Thu, 10 Mar 2011 23:25:14 -0600
From:      Ade Lovett <ade@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        FreeBSD Ports <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org>, Ade Lovett <ade@FreeBSD.org>
Subject:   Re: [HEADS UP] GNU make 3.82
Message-ID:  <F8CB2870-C3F6-4A39-A4DD-DBB649CE5558@FreeBSD.org>
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On Mar 10, 2011, at 22:02 , Doug Barton wrote:
> But if you'd like to engage in a discussion rather than throwing =
around ad hominem's and pointless "patches welcome" statements, maybe =
you can show me why I'm wrong.

How about working from the basis that perhaps, just perhaps, I'm =
_right_, and show me why _I_ am wrong.  After all, right now, I see me =
and a few others doing actual _work_, and others merely taking potshots.

By all means, show an alternate solution, one that assumes that some =
project or another, which will be a part of the FreeBSD ports =
collection, will _require_ GNU make 3.82, and we can go from there.

Believe me, I'm willing to listen to well thought on, start to end, =
include all possibility plans, but right now, all I'm seeing is "you're =
wrong" without anything substantial to back it up so, at this point, I'd =
like to focus on the issue at hand and get the work _done_.

-aDe




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