From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 13 06:54:43 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DB92516A4CE for ; Tue, 13 Jan 2004 06:54:43 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp.des.no (flood.des.no [217.116.83.31]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 85E8843D48 for ; Tue, 13 Jan 2004 06:54:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from des@des.no) Received: by smtp.des.no (Pony Express, from userid 666) id 74940532D; Tue, 13 Jan 2004 15:54:41 +0100 (CET) Received: from dwp.des.no (des.no [80.203.228.37]) by smtp.des.no (Pony Express) with ESMTP id 59BDC531F; Tue, 13 Jan 2004 15:54:33 +0100 (CET) Received: by dwp.des.no (Postfix, from userid 2602) id 3B21433C6A; Tue, 13 Jan 2004 15:54:33 +0100 (CET) To: Colin Percival References: <20040113093903.GA84055@mimoza.pantel.net> <1073998390.18384.19.camel@kaiser.sig11.org> <20040114001137.5ce8983b@piglet.goo> <1074000332.18384.43.camel@kaiser.sig11.org> <20040114003443.260c6738@piglet.goo> <4003F684.6090907@centtech.com> <6.0.1.1.1.20040113141847.042fc870@imap.sfu.ca> From: des@des.no (Dag-Erling =?iso-8859-1?q?Sm=F8rgrav?=) Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2004 15:54:33 +0100 In-Reply-To: <6.0.1.1.1.20040113141847.042fc870@imap.sfu.ca> (Colin Percival's message of "Tue, 13 Jan 2004 14:21:23 +0000") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.090024 (Oort Gnus v0.24) Emacs/21.3 (berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.61 (1.212.2.1-2003-12-09-exp) on flood.des.no X-Spam-Level: ss X-Spam-Status: No, hits=2.6 required=5.0 tests=RCVD_IN_DYNABLOCK, RCVD_IN_SORBS autolearn=no version=2.61 cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Status reports - why not regularly? X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 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: Tue, 13 Jan 2004 14:54:44 -0000 Colin Percival writes: > I think we're approaching this issue from the wrong angle. In your > opinion, what -- if anything -- can be asked of developers which would > contribute to the provision of status reports? You can't expect them to take the initiative in submitting information for the status reports. Experience shows that they will be enthusiastic about your undertaking for about three minutes and then forget about it. You can however expect them to answer questions about their work if you can't figure things out on your own. DES --=20 Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav - des@des.no