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Date:      Mon, 3 Feb 2003 15:30:35 -0400 (AST)
From:      "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@hub.org>
To:        Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@online.fr>
Cc:        Alexandr Kovalenko <never@nevermind.kiev.ua>, "" <chat@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: dillon@'s commit bit: I object
Message-ID:  <20030203152823.N16840@hub.org>
In-Reply-To: <20030203142143.E1455@papagena.rockefeller.edu>
References:  <20030203142143.E1455@papagena.rockefeller.edu>

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On Mon, 3 Feb 2003, Rahul Siddharthan wrote:

> Alexandr Kovalenko <never@nevermind.kiev.ua> wrote:
> > I don't think that reason for removing dillon@'s commit bit is very
> > secret. Why it was not publishied, only Message-Id: from closed
> > developers@ list?
>
> While I hate to pick up on a topic first posted by the project's pet
> troll, I have to second Alexandr here.  As a longtime user I certainly
> want to know: what's going on?
>
> Dillon isn't any ordinary committer -- he is perhaps the guy most
> responsible for making FreeBSD 4.x the most rugged and stress-proof
> free operating system in existence.  (Not to mention his indirect
> contributions to fixing the linux VM: his reputation extends beyond
> FreeBSD.)  The mailing list archives offer no clue.  Surely some
> explanation, and not just to developers@, is required when his name is
> scratched out.

Considering that he was instrumental in ferreting out some deep VM issues
in v4.x in a loaded environment on my servers ... I'm a lot concerned here
as well ... Matt step'd up to the proverbial plate when nobody else would,
sinc ethey were too engross'd/busy with 5.x to care :(



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