From owner-cvs-all Tue Feb 26 11:49: 8 2002 Delivered-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Received: from rover.village.org (rover.bsdimp.com [204.144.255.66]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3D4D337B402; Tue, 26 Feb 2002 11:49:02 -0800 (PST) Received: from harmony.village.org (harmony.village.org [10.0.0.6]) by rover.village.org (8.11.3/8.11.3) with ESMTP id g1QJn0i32841; Tue, 26 Feb 2002 12:49:01 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from imp@village.org) Received: from localhost (warner@rover2.village.org [10.0.0.1]) by harmony.village.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g1QJmwL26192; Tue, 26 Feb 2002 12:48:58 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from imp@village.org) Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2002 12:48:43 -0700 (MST) Message-Id: <20020226.124843.125707643.imp@village.org> To: julian@elischer.org Cc: dillon@apollo.backplane.com, jake@locore.ca, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/i386/i386 exception.s genassym.c machdep.c mp_machdep.c mpapic.c swtch.s vm_machdep.c src/sys/i386/include cpufunc.h pcb.h src/sys/i386/isa apic_vector.s clock.c icu_vector.s intr_machdep.c intr_machdep.h npx.c src/sys/kern ... From: "M. Warner Losh" In-Reply-To: References: <200202261822.g1QIMcK95505@apollo.backplane.com> X-Mailer: Mew version 2.1 on Emacs 21.1 / Mule 5.0 (SAKAKI) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In message: Julian Elischer writes: : I think the probelm is that there is a rule that says that : disputed code should be backed out but ther eis no rule that : gives an avenue of appeal whjen one committer is acting as a 'dog in teh : manger' and just blocking everything, and requiring it to be held or : reverted. : : JHB has had a 8 months to check in his stuff (hey the preemtion stuff was : done in June) and since then it's only effect on the project has been to : stiffle and stop all other development in the area. : : I blame P4 for this in part. : HE thinks he is being transparent to the rest of the community whereas he : has a total viewing public of about 4. : : Consider this a test case. : Core is appealled to. The blocking action of JHB's (good) work is doing : more damage to the project than good. We need to be able to proceed : without waiting for him... None of that excuses the extreme abuse that Matt has done. I think you are over-stating things here. Warner To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message