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Date:      Wed, 14 Nov 2001 15:40:54 +0000
From:      Paul Robinson <paul@akita.co.uk>
To:        "Jeffrey S. Sharp" <jss@subatomix.com>, Bruce Montague <brucem@cse.iitkgp.ernet.in>
Cc:        <freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: picobsd ref configs all fail on 4.4-Release
Message-ID:  <0111141540540R.00747@stinky.akitanet.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: <20011114090942.E9291-100000@lepton.subatomix.com>
References:  <20011114090942.E9291-100000@lepton.subatomix.com>

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On Wednesday 14 November 2001 15:28, Jeffrey S. Sharp wrote:

> I suspect that what most people do is use then for a learning tool.
> That's what I did.  I read the scripts, said "oh wow, they could do a lot
> more than this", and set out to build my own toolkit.

You're missing the point. The reference scripts should work. If you're using 
them as a basis to learn, and they don't work, then they aren't much use as a 
teaching aid. Reference builds are important and they should work with 
-RELEASE. 

Several months ago, I took a look and decided that it would be a good idea to 
give these scripts an overhaul. Unfortunately, I haven't had time, and due to 
various commitments made over the weekend at BSDcon Europe to other projects, 
I can't envisage me getting time soon.

<snip>
> That has been my experience with the pico scripts.

Actually with the exception of the first paragraph, it was about you getting 
fired, turning into an e-bay addict and your wife leaving you. It was 
interesting though. Perhaps you should write a book.

As for giving it an overhaul, I think that your registration of the tinybsd.* 
domains would indicate that your intention is not to pass back your work to 
picobsd but to make money at the project - good luck to you. If you do want 
to contribute back to picobsd, great, but otherwise you're just like the rest 
of us schmucks on this list who can't find the time to give back to the 
project.

-- 
Paul Robinson

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