From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 2 18:33:20 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx2.freebsd.org (mx2.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::35]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4DAB9106564A; Thu, 2 Aug 2012 18:33:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dougb@FreeBSD.org) Received: from opti.dougb.net (hub.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::36]) by mx2.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D148814DE23; Thu, 2 Aug 2012 18:33:19 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: <501AC7EF.4070605@FreeBSD.org> Date: Thu, 02 Aug 2012 11:33:19 -0700 From: Doug Barton Organization: http://SupersetSolutions.com/ User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:14.0) Gecko/20120728 Thunderbird/14.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: David Chisnall References: <612DA8A3-121E-4E72-9E5B-F3CBA9DEB7F7@bsdimp.com> <501A0258.4010101@FreeBSD.org> <501AAEF2.8060202@FreeBSD.org> <501AB8C0.3020102@FreeBSD.org> <501ABD43.5090604@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 1.4.2 OpenPGP: id=1A1ABC84 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: FreeBSD Hackers , freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: On cooperative work [Was: Re: newbus' ivar's limitation..] X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 02 Aug 2012 18:33:20 -0000 On 08/02/2012 11:12, David Chisnall wrote: > FreeBSD is a volunteer project. Yeah, I get that. I've been around quite a bit longer than you have, in case you didn't notice. :) I understand what you're saying, it's going to take work to change this mindset, and to provide these resources. If you read my posts on a factual basis, I'm not suggesting that the dev summits provide remote participation at the same level as groups like the IETF or ICANN do, and your point (and Warner's) that these groups have significant financial backing is well taken. However, my point is that in spite of the fact that it's non-trivial, the mindset on this topic needs to change if the dev summits are going to continue to be significant focii of both work being done and decisions being made (which of course, they are). What I'm *not* doing is demanding that any one person, or even any one group take responsibility for solving the whole problem on their own. Unfortunately, due to my inability to actually attend these meetings, I won't be able to provide the kind of hands-on assistance that I'd like to be able to. However it sounds like there may be financial resources available through the foundation, which would go a long way towards making a solution possible. The next step would be for people to agree that this is a problem that *needs* to be solved, followed by willingness on the part of dev summit organizers to support these efforts, which will hopefully lead to people who are willing and interested to step up and actually provide solutions. It's already been true in the past that various companies have volunteered to do this. There is no reason to believe that it wouldn't happen again if organizers are willing to be supportive. What I'm hearing so far is defensiveness, and an attempt to focus the discussion on me. Neither is helpful. :) Acknowledging that this is a problem that needs to be solved does not imply that by not solving it you personally have failed in some way. I apologize if anything I've written so far has implied otherwise. Doug -- I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And I will not let what I cannot do interfere with what I can do. -- Edward Everett Hale, (1822 - 1909)