From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 19 22:06:08 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: ports@FreeBSD.org Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EA3A216A41F; Thu, 19 Jan 2006 22:06:08 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from linimon@lonesome.com) Received: from mail.soaustin.net (mail.soaustin.net [207.200.4.66]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AA13C43D46; Thu, 19 Jan 2006 22:06:08 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from linimon@lonesome.com) Received: by mail.soaustin.net (Postfix, from userid 502) id E6F933FB6; Thu, 19 Jan 2006 16:06:07 -0600 (CST) Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 16:06:07 -0600 To: ringworm01@gmail.com, ports@FreeBSD.org Message-ID: <20060119220607.GA12244@soaustin.net> References: <20051212174221.47D0B229E7@mail.droso.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200601191041.34568.ringworm01@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i From: linimon@lonesome.com (Mark Linimon) Cc: linimon@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Old perl-based script to manage ports X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 22:06:09 -0000 On Thu, Jan 19, 2006 at 10:41:42 -0800, "Michael C. Shultz" wrote: > I would be ashamed to take credit for someone else's work. I see by > your website you have no such standards and are perfectly willing to > take credit for someone else's work [ ... ] Why someone would choose > to steal the name of another person's software project is beyond me, > but for some reason Mr. Farley here thinks it is an acceptable practice, > I do not. This is the second time that I know of that you've accused someone in the FreeBSD community of having questionable ethics (for those following along at home, I was the first. I was willing to put that aside as a mistake.) Whether or not Sean came up with the name independently or not is of less concern to me than how you approached the problem. Rather than asking nicely whether or not he would rename his script to mitigate user confusion, you instead decided to respond with a personal attack. For FreeBSD to make progress, the entire community has to work well together. Part of this, to me, implies assuming the best about people, not the worst. (It was always clear to me from Sean's context that his was independent work. I believe a reasonable person could read it the same way.) Frankly, if your approach is to assume the worst about people and attack them if they don't fall exactly in line with your views, then you are more of a liability than an asset to this community -- no matter what the otherwise good value of your contributions. I think you need to step back and evaluate how you interact with other people on this project and decide how you want to proceed. It might well be that you would be happier elsewhere. mcl