Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2002 14:23:21 -0600 (MDT) From: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@village.org> To: DougB@FreeBSD.org Cc: arch@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Idea: New file called CONTRIB Message-ID: <20020615.142321.38689858.imp@village.org> In-Reply-To: <3D0B96CD.CA45F33F@FreeBSD.org> References: <20020615.131103.106033411.imp@village.org> <3D0B96CD.CA45F33F@FreeBSD.org>
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Doug Barton <DougB@FreeBSD.org> writes:
: "M. Warner Losh" wrote:
: >
: > OK. There are a number of programs in the tree that people outside of
: > the project are trying to keep in sync. They typically are on
: > src/contrib or src/sys/contrib. However, there are a few that are in
: > the main tree, especially KAME related network config stuff (and
: > others). I'm thinking that if there's someone that wants to be
: > notified/consulted on the changes so as to better sync an external
: > repository, then maybe having a file called CONTRIB in these
: > directories might not be a bad idea.
: >
: > Note: This isn't a maintainer, per se, but rather an indication that
: > the code (eg, .c and .h files) shouldn't be committed to w/o some
: > thought.
:
: This sounds like a back door out of the MAINTAINER controversy. :) We
: already have the notion of, "I'd like to know if you plan to make
: changes to this file" in the current /usr/src/MAINTAINERS, so rather
: than further muddy the water I'd like to give that a few more months to
: see if it works.
This is different than a Maintainer. This is a bigger sign that says
"well, in an ideal world, this would be in contrib, but for whatever
reason it isn't. Treat it like contrib however. Thanks."
: One of the problems of this medium is that people think because we have
: (relatively) instant communication, we should have instant solutions to
: problems as well. That's hardly ever true, especially where humans are
: concerned.
This does not follow.
Warner
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