Date: Fri, 22 Aug 1997 15:44:29 -0500 (EST) From: "John S. Dyson" <toor@dyson.iquest.net> To: nate@mt.sri.com (Nate Williams) Cc: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, tom@sdf.com Subject: Re: Final request for help with release. (DPT boot floppy) Message-ID: <199708222044.PAA03394@dyson.iquest.net> In-Reply-To: <199708221646.KAA09503@rocky.mt.sri.com> from Nate Williams at "Aug 22, 97 10:46:33 am"
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> > > But according to recent discusions, core has rejected the DPT driver as > > > it stands... > > > > Which `core'? Your core memory? Dunno. The NetBSD core team? > > Dunno. If the term `core', as you're using it, stands as an > > abbreviation for ``The FreeBSD core team'', then i'm surprised to hear > > that you're a member of it, apparently. Otherwise, how did you learn > > this news? I believe i'm a member of this core team, and i frankly > > can't remember any decision of the kind you're quoting above. > > Whoa now. Slow down, take a deep breath, and go read the archives. > Simon *explicitly* stated that core (yeah, that's the one you belong to) > rejected the DPT driver for a number of reasons, all valid, and all > listed by Simon. They will be fixed, but until they are fixed it won't > be integrated. > We all get stressed and under pressure at times, and frankly, I don't know of one member of core today who isn't a very reasonable person in general. So, at the risk of perpetuating this thread, but as a member of -core who makes mistakes once in a while also, just bear with us all, and I think that we all can have a fun and fruitful relationship. (Geesh, I have really found out that my sense of humor does not show well at all on email, and have to restrain myself from writing things, otherwise no-one would like me. Additionally, my own language skills of my native and only language are worse than many non-amerenglish :-) speakers.) John dyson@freebsd.org
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