From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jun 7 20:46:12 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B13651065675; Sat, 7 Jun 2008 20:46:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jrhett@netconsonance.com) Received: from mail.netconsonance.com (mail.netconsonance.com [198.207.204.4]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A31E48FC1A; Sat, 7 Jun 2008 20:46:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jrhett@netconsonance.com) Received: from 4.151.178.10.in-addr.arpa (m420e36d0.tmodns.net [208.54.14.66]) (authenticated bits=0) by mail.netconsonance.com (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id m57Kj7lZ061181; Sat, 7 Jun 2008 13:46:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jrhett@netconsonance.com) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at netconsonance.com X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: 1.973 X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Status: No, score=1.973 tagged_above=-999 required=3.5 tests=[ALL_TRUSTED=-1.44, AWL=-2.103, DATE_IN_FUTURE_96_XX=3.899, TVD_RCVD_IP=1.617] Message-Id: From: Jo Rhett To: Chris Marlatt In-Reply-To: <48480D2E.2050006@rxsec.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v924) Date: Sat, 7 Jun 2008 13:46:00 -0700 References: <9B7FE91B-9C2E-4732-866C-930AC6022A40@netconsonance.com> <4846D849.2090005@FreeBSD.org> <4846E14C.709@FreeBSD.org> <48472CCF.8080101@FreeBSD.org> <4847EF62.1070709@rxsec.com> <4847F814.10409@FreeBSD.org> <4847FB1D.1050400@rxsec.com> <4848073C.2060509@rxsec.com> <48480D2E.2050006@rxsec.com> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.924) Cc: Adrian Chadd , FreeBSD Stable Subject: Re: challenge: end of life for 6.2 is premature with buggy 6.3 X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 07 Jun 2008 20:46:12 -0000 On Jun 5, 2008, at 8:58 AM, Chris Marlatt wrote: > I can certainly relate to a potentially standoff'ish approach that's > been seen recently. It's easy to take people's criticism as > completely negative regardless what is said. To be honest though - > people are using FreeBSD because it's a good project to say the > least. A few negative comments doesn't mean they think the whole > project is trash. Excluding the fact that we're all human and have > emotions / ego, you have to agree that such a hostile approach isn't > really the best thing. Thank you. -- Jo Rhett Net Consonance : consonant endings by net philanthropy, open source and other randomness