Date: Sat, 21 Feb 1998 18:23:14 -0700 From: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> Cc: nate@mt.sri.com (Nate Williams), sef@kithrup.com, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: More breakage in -current as a result of header frobbing. Message-ID: <199802220123.SAA22198@mt.sri.com> In-Reply-To: <199802212303.QAA06227@usr04.primenet.com> References: <199802211809.LAA20161@mt.sri.com> <199802212303.QAA06227@usr04.primenet.com>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
> orthogonal issue of negative reinforcement Nate focussed on, which > had nothing whatsoever to do with the difference between trusting > people to do the right thing vs. having the tools *force* people > to do the right thing whether they remembered to do it or not Repeat. It is impossible given today's technology to force people to make good commits w/out human intervention. Reader/writer/llama locks do *NOTHING* (!!!!) to make people do a good or bad commit, and only serve to slow down the process with *NO* gain. Anyone who thinks otherwise is only showing his ignorance. Nate To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?199802220123.SAA22198>