Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2010 17:57:32 +0200 From: Torfinn Ingolfsen <tingox@gmail.com> To: FreeBSD Ports ML <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Responding to a challenge Message-ID: <u2ref8c8a881004190857yc9c54837t67046d0c9bcc3841@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20100419141921.098cca48@gumby.homeunix.com> References: <20100419035243.GA4554@goodking.goodking.ca> <20100419112228.GB70334@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> <20100419140300.2cffdba6@ernst.jennejohn.org> <20100419141921.098cca48@gumby.homeunix.com>
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On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 3:19 PM, RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com> wrote: > On Mon, 19 Apr 2010 14:03:00 +0200 > Gary Jennejohn <gary.jennejohn@freenet.de> wrote: > > > On Mon, 19 Apr 2010 12:22:30 +0100 > > Anton Shterenlikht <mexas@bristol.ac.uk> wrote: > > > > > By the way, what is "bikeshed" in fbsd context? > > > > > > > This was coined by phk@. > > > > Basically, it means people will send endless posts on minor issues > > because they feel they understand them. Important and/or complex > > issues generally get little response on the MLs. > > > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/misc.html#BIKESHED-PAINTING > and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkinson%27s_Law_of_Triviality HTH -- Regards, Torfinn Ingolfsen
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