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Date:      Wed, 1 Jan 2020 16:57:00 -0700
From:      Adam Weinberger <adamw@adamw.org>
To:        "@lbutlr" <kremels@kreme.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Portmaster failing
Message-ID:  <69EC35FF-8952-44D9-960E-5BC764B37D6B@adamw.org>
In-Reply-To: <C53B7AD2-3188-482F-9356-8AFC651C7135@kreme.com>
References:  <C53B7AD2-3188-482F-9356-8AFC651C7135@kreme.com>

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> On Jan 1, 2020, at 15:49, @lbutlr <kremels@kreme.com> wrote:
>=20
>>>> You are right that there wasn't a warning, and that was a major
>>>> mistake that should not have happened. security/openssl and
>>>> security/openssl111 should have contained messages about this switch.
>>>=20
>>> Since openssl updated about a week ago, this oversight falls into the cl=
ass that I would call ???inexcusable???. If I did this on a job I would (rig=
htly) be immediately fired.
>>>=20
>>> I would fire me if I did something like this.
>=20
>> If we fired every volunteer when some mishap has happened, we
>> would run of of volunteers very fast.
>=20
> This was the responsibility of a single volunteer? Removing openssl withou=
t warning wasn=E2=80=99t something that was discussed over the last six mont=
hs?

Ok, let=E2=80=99s stop there. Nobody is going to get fired, and insulting ou=
r team of volunteers who worked incredibly hard to bring the openssl switch t=
o fruition is unproductive and uncalled-for. I already acknowledged that we n=
eed to do it better next time, so let=E2=80=99s focus instead on solving pro=
blems rather than lashing out to people who are here simply to help.

# Adam


=E2=80=94
Adam Weinberger
adamw@adamw.org
https://www.adamw.org=



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