From owner-cvs-all Tue Mar 13 7:34:11 2001 Delivered-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Received: from lists01.iafrica.com (lists01.iafrica.com [196.7.0.141]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0E32A37B722; Tue, 13 Mar 2001 07:34:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sheldonh@uunet.co.za) Received: from nwl.fw.uunet.co.za ([196.31.2.162]) by lists01.iafrica.com with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #2) id 14cqoA-0006Po-00; Tue, 13 Mar 2001 17:33:58 +0200 Received: (from nobody@localhost) by nwl.fw.uunet.co.za (8.8.8/8.6.9) id RAA08220; Tue, 13 Mar 2001 17:33:57 +0200 (SAST) Received: by nwl.fw.uunet.co.za via recvmail id 8081; Tue Mar 13 17:32:36 2001 Received: from sheldonh (helo=axl.fw.uunet.co.za) by axl.fw.uunet.co.za with local-esmtp (Exim 3.22 #1) id 14cqmq-0007N6-00; Tue, 13 Mar 2001 17:32:36 +0200 To: obrien@freebsd.org Cc: Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai , cvs-committers@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Core's function (was: The Project and onward [was: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/netinet ip_output.c]) In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 13 Mar 2001 07:17:04 PST." <20010313071704.A74721@dragon.nuxi.com> Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2001 17:32:36 +0200 Message-ID: <28339.984497556@axl.fw.uunet.co.za> From: Sheldon Hearn Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, 13 Mar 2001 07:17:04 PST, "David O'Brien" wrote: > Largely because any discussion one does not care for these days is > immediately label a "bikeshed". People are *way* to quick to pull out > this label these days -- to the point of stifleing useful discussion. Agreed. Modern BSD UNIX seems to owe a great deal to a healthy dose of pedantry. Pedanticism can go overboard, but sloppiness in the technical decision-making process is equally bad. This whole discussion seems to centre around the fact that it's difficult to find the right balance. Ciao, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message