Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2013 21:15:21 +0000 From: "Teske, Devin" <Devin.Teske@fisglobal.com> To: David Demelier <demelier.david@gmail.com> Cc: Devin Teske <dteske@freebsd.org>, freebsd-stable stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>, "Teske, Devin" <Devin.Teske@fisglobal.com> Subject: Re: 9.2-PRE: switch off that stupid "Nakatomi Socrates" Message-ID: <13CA24D6AB415D428143D44749F57D720FC102BB@LTCFISWMSGMB21.FNFIS.com> In-Reply-To: <CAO%2BPfDesT1HW8hYYy8bTLe_1Kpx5E3gYXKTWPk3uF5kxi_B%2BDQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <20130921123125.309f30eb@thor.walstatt.dyndns.org> <523D7784.30002@FreeBSD.org> <5246014B.70908@gmail.com> <13CA24D6AB415D428143D44749F57D720FC01B09@LTCFISWMSGMB21.FNFIS.com> <CAO%2BPfDesT1HW8hYYy8bTLe_1Kpx5E3gYXKTWPk3uF5kxi_B%2BDQ@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sep 30, 2013, at 1:13 PM, David Demelier wrote: > My apologies for being rude the few days ago. >=20 > I don't know what happened to me, I'm usually not naughty like that. > Bapt who knows me IRL would also say that. My personal life is not at > its best state currently and everything that upset me get me nervous > and rude.. >=20 > I've been using FreeBSD for 5 years and developed some patches / > improvements which honoured an entry to the additional contributors > and I don't really want my name to be removed :-). >=20 > Seriously, I feel really embarrassed for what I've said.To really > explain why I got angry like that (but that does not excuse my words) > is the following situation: >=20 > 1. I've first stambled accross the new boot graphical Nakatomi > Socrates art. I've been afraid of being hacked or something gone wrong > in the SVN branches. Fortunately, quickly, some of the developers told > me that it was a joke / tribute for the 9.2 RELEASE, then I just said > "I would not recommend to set it as default" but with very clean > words. And then I disabled it using loader_logo=3D"orb" as they said. >=20 > 2. More than one month later, I upgraded to 9.2-RELEASE and then I saw > the "Nakatomi Socrates" version shown in the right bottom and that's > why I first thought that it was reenabled again (even in orb logo, I > didn't know the existence of loader_version before!). So that's why I > felt so angry.. Nevertheless this does not excuse my behavior. >=20 > I love FreeBSD and still hack, develop it and don't want to get in > troubles with *you* so please agree to my apologies. >=20 Smiles. Agreed and forgiven. In hindsight, it would be those who've added loader_logo=3Dorb in the beginning that didn't notice that this is once-again default. You can remove it (keeping only the loader_version=3D"" entry). --=20 Devin > PS: I'm not a dinosaur as you may have thought, I like the "small > jokes" that you can see for example in the syscons screen savers, the > jokes in the man pages and such. But these things are more "hidden" > and you need some research to get them which provides more excitement > when you see them, on the other hand the "Nakatomi Socrates" art / > version were *for me* a bit too intense as you see them by default, > without enabling something. >=20 > Again, sorry for that noise. >=20 > Love, regards. >=20 > David. _____________ The information contained in this message is proprietary and/or confidentia= l. If you are not the intended recipient, please: (i) delete the message an= d all copies; (ii) do not disclose, distribute or use the message in any ma= nner; and (iii) notify the sender immediately. In addition, please be aware= that any message addressed to our domain is subject to archiving and revie= w by persons other than the intended recipient. Thank you.
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