From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Dec 10 18:42:08 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id SAA21111 for hackers-outgoing; Wed, 10 Dec 1997 18:42:08 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers) Received: from time.cdrom.com (root@time.cdrom.com [204.216.27.226]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id SAA21091 for ; Wed, 10 Dec 1997 18:42:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jkh@time.cdrom.com) Received: from time.cdrom.com (jkh@localhost.cdrom.com [127.0.0.1]) by time.cdrom.com (8.8.7/8.6.9) with ESMTP id SAA24090; Wed, 10 Dec 1997 18:41:32 -0800 (PST) To: Marc Ramirez cc: The Classiest Man Alive , freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Why so many steps to build new kernel? In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 10 Dec 1997 13:11:55 EST." Date: Wed, 10 Dec 1997 18:41:32 -0800 Message-ID: <24086.881808092@time.cdrom.com> From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > I am a born applications programmer. I love hashing out the details, > spending three weeks QA'ing a program it took two days to write. When I > write a solid app, I strut around the city beating my chest. If I > could, I would gladly sit down and bang out any configuration utility > FreeBSD could use. We want you. :) > However, between being a CS major and a sysadmin, anything I start would > have, oh, a five to six month turnaround. :) Right now, I'm not sure > that's an investment I'm prepared to make unless, say, Jordan would > guarantee that my work would be used. And I certainly wouldn't put Jordan > in that position, considering he's never seen my work. :) :) Hmmmm. How many hours do you spend being a system admin? And how much are you paid for this? Perhaps something can be arranged. :-) Jordan