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Date:      Tue, 19 Dec 2000 00:54:04 +0200 (SAST)
From:      Robert Nordier <rnordier@nordier.com>
To:        cliff@raggedclown.net (Cliff Sarginson)
Cc:        stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: 4.2 Boot. Should i report a bug?
Message-ID:  <200012182254.eBIMs4u10794@nordier.com>
In-Reply-To: <00121822455602.02118@buffy> from "Cliff Sarginson" at Dec 18, 2000 10:45:56 PM

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Cliff Sarginson wrote:
 
> On Monday 18 December 2000 22:35, Robert Nordier wrote:
> > Cliff Sarginson wrote:
> > > I find your expression "elementary boot stuff" rather offensive.
> > > I have spent a very long time on this problem.
> > >
> > > > Send in a PR if you wish, though, and I'll look at it.
> > >
> > > Well you don't sound that interested.
> > > If it was my code I would show a bit more interest !
> >
> > I already sent you a message a week ago offering help, to no effect:
> > | From rnordier Mon Dec 11 23:25:47 2000
> > | Subject: Re: Booting 4.2
> > | To: danh@gelatinous.com, cliff@raggedclown.net
> > | Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2000 23:25:47 +0200 (SAST)
> > | Cc: stable@FreeBSD.org
> > |
> > | I'd be happy to work with anyone who is having problems with the i386
> > | bootstraps.  You'll both have to go into more detail, though, before
> > | this kind of report is actually useful.  (All I can gather, for now,
> > | is that nothing you tried worked, except LILO....)
> >
> > In the circumstances, you have nothing whatever to complain of.
> 
> Except I never saw your message.
> I am not complaining. I believe reporting bugs to be an important
> activity. Your immediate conclusion that it is an 'elementary boot stuff" 
> problem does not encourage someone who has spent a lot of hours assuming
> he had misunderstood something, then coming to the conclusion that there
> was indeed something wrong.
> 
> I found the tone of your message offensive.
> We are not all idiots :)
 
Hmm.  On rereading my original message, I guess the tone is rather
dismissive: sorry about that.

-- 
Robert Nordier

rnordier@nordier.com
rnordier@FreeBSD.org


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