Date: Wed, 12 May 1999 22:20:57 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@picnic.mat.net> To: David Schwartz <davids@webmaster.com> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: cvs commit: src/sys/pci pcisupport.c Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9905122216130.401-100000@picnic.mat.net> In-Reply-To: <000101be9ce5$6561baa0$021d85d1@whenever.youwant.to>
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On Wed, 12 May 1999, David Schwartz wrote: > > > I have to comment on this, it's too outrageous. Several times in the > > past, folks have written in and asked, if they wrote some particular > > piece of software, would it get committed. They said that it was a > > large undertaking, and that they wouldn't undertake it, unless there was > > general agreement beforehand about it. > > There is a big difference between a general agreement that some feature or > other is a "good thing" and a blank check of approval for code changes. > These seem to get confused all the time. > > One example of this problem, in the opposite direction of the one you > mentioned, is the old, "If you think that's such a good idea, why don't you > code it and submit it?" This is equally unhelpful. If it's a bad idea, why > should anyone code it? If it's a code idea, why does it matter who codes it, > as long as it's coded well? Because if it's a day of coding, you should just do it. If it's a 3 month project, you don't waste such time, and you should communicate it. The time factor is judged by folks who code for a living, and maybe it's a little high, but not too bad. I haven't seen this rule misapplied, but it's possible some may think so; they are most likely mis-estimating the scope of the work involved. I have a 3 day project in mind; I'm just going to code it (once I get finished with classes in 2 weeks); if it gets turned down, I'm a big boy, I'll get over it. If it was longer, I would bore you all with it. It's not, and I won't. ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@picnic.mat.net | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 213 Lakeside Drive Apt T-1 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run picnic (FreeBSD-current) (301) 220-2114 | and jaunt (Solaris7). ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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