From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Feb 3 12:39: 1 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ACA2F37B401 for ; Mon, 3 Feb 2003 12:39:00 -0800 (PST) Received: from histidine.utmb.edu (histidine.utmb.edu [129.109.59.80]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2802A43E4A for ; Mon, 3 Feb 2003 12:39:00 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bdodson@scms.utmb.EDU) Received: from histidine.utmb.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by histidine.utmb.edu (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h13KcmjU052443 for ; Mon, 3 Feb 2003 14:38:50 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from bdodson@histidine.utmb.edu) Message-Id: <200302032038.h13KcmjU052443@histidine.utmb.edu> Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2003 14:38:48 -0600 (CST) From: "M. L. Dodson" Subject: Re: dillon@'s commit bit: I object To: chat@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On 3 Feb, Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote: > Rahul Siddharthan writes: >> [why was Matt Dillon's commit bit removed] > > Short version: there was a difference of opinions. > > As for the long version - there are probably as many versions of this > story as there are people involved in it. > > My advice is to let it lie. > > DES I'm afraid that just won't do. The _USERS_ deserve a better explanation than that for removal of one of the, if not the, most productive developers of the project. The hubris of keeping this secret is really beyond the pale, folks. This is the kind of attitude that generates forks. Will anyone comment on how well NetBSD runs on Intel hardware? Just in case. M. L. Dodson; now going back to lurking. -- M. L. Dodson bdodson@scms.utmb.edu 409-772-2178 FAX: 409-772-1790 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message