Date: 28 Feb 2002 12:25:12 -0800 From: swear@blarg.net (Gary W. Swearingen) To: "Mike Meyer" <mwm-dated-1015338873.4aa803@mired.org> Cc: Cliff Sarginson <csfbsd@raggedclown.net>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Making suggestions Message-ID: <ttadtts6af.dtt@localhost.localdomain> In-Reply-To: <15486.16377.247443.721174@guru.mired.org> References: <15486.16377.247443.721174@guru.mired.org>
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"Mike Meyer" <mwm-dated-1015338873.4aa803@mired.org> writes: > You know, I remember seeing that reply. I don't remember an > alternative path being suggested, though. If that's really true, the > "team" ought to take "change-request" out of the list of descriptions > of a PR. I'm afraid that I was probably the guilty reply-er. Not long before that a committer told me that he'd rather see the code changed than explain some "feature" in the man page I had PR'd. I explained why I had written the PR on the man page rather than the program: "... I assume that no-patch design enhancement PRs are generally unwelcome and are likely to be a waste of my and others' time." He replied "Indeed." It's clear now that I took his reply too seriously. (I hope.) Sorry. I now notice (thanks Mike) that there is not only a "change-request" in the send-pr program, but that there is a "wish" on http://www.freebsd.org/send-pr.html form. (I wrote a PR on the differing options of the two methods, but someone considered it a "feature"). > I'd say if you have a patch or the description is lengthy, post it as > a pr, then start a discussion of it on the appropriate list - which > will never be here. If the description is short, just start the > discussion. But see the FAQ entry about bikesheds. I'm glad to corrected on this issue and to hear that there is a special place for suggestions outside the lists. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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