Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:22:11 -0400 From: Garance A Drosehn <gad@FreeBSD.org> To: Sam Leffler <sam@FreeBSD.org>, Marc Balmer <marc@msys.ch> Cc: svn-src-head@FreeBSD.org, svn-src-all@FreeBSD.org, Martin Blapp <mbr@FreeBSD.org>, src-committers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r195200 - in head/usr.sbin: . wake Message-ID: <p06240800c6706997baa8@[128.113.24.47]> In-Reply-To: <4A4A7F0B.1010001@freebsd.org> References: <200906301851.n5UIpNJQ089171@svn.freebsd.org> <4A4A626A.4080801@freebsd.org> <5A796102-063B-4032-92C9-EC97AF2E5D5B@msys.ch> <4A4A7F0B.1010001@freebsd.org>
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At 2:09 PM -0700 6/30/09, Sam Leffler wrote: > >I have yet to hear a compelling argument for why wake was chosen >over an existing tool that's been successfully used for a while. >OTOH this isn't something that'll keep me up at night; it just seems >like an ill-advised rush job that completely violates the intent of >the 8.0 code freeze.. > > Sam I agree completely with what Sam is saying here. I don't see why this had to be done at the time it was done (WRT a code freeze), and without any discussion about adding it to FreeBSD. I also agree that it won't be keeping me up at night, because I'm about to go on vacation for 10-12 days here. But as Warner noted, "this leaves a bad taste in everybody's mouth, even if at the end of the day you get your way" -- Garance Alistair Drosehn = drosehn@rpi.edu Senior Systems Programmer or gad@FreeBSD.org Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Troy, NY; USA
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