Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1998 12:49:26 -0700 From: Studded <Studded@dal.net> To: Matthew Dillon <dillon@backplane.com> Cc: committers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: make.conf Message-ID: <35E85B46.87E0913B@dal.net> References: <199808290058.RAA20957@apollo.backplane.com>
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Matthew Dillon wrote:
> My problem isn't with it being MY fix, my problem is with it taking
> dozens of emails arguing back and forth over something that ought to be
> a trivial problem to fix.
As I pointed out in my earlier post, not everyone sees the same problem
that you do, therefore not everyone agrees with your fix. At the same
time I can sympathize with you fully believe it or not. I have proposed
a lot of "simple fixes" in the past years of my association with
FreeBSD, and many of them have been shot down, some quite spectacularly.
:) However I've learned more about the project through this process,
and learned a little diplomacy as well.
You have some good ideas, but please don't assume that our failure to
agree with you or see a problem the same way you do is a result of us
being "vapid." There is collectively hundreds of years of system
administration and development experience on the FreeBSD team, it's a
bit arrogant on your part to assume that they are all stupid because
they don't agree with you. :)
Good luck,
Doug
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