From owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jun 19 18:30:50 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 818DD16A41C for ; Sun, 19 Jun 2005 18:30:50 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu) Received: from troutmask.apl.washington.edu (troutmask.apl.washington.edu [128.208.78.105]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 46E3B43D49 for ; Sun, 19 Jun 2005 18:30:50 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu) Received: from troutmask.apl.washington.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by troutmask.apl.washington.edu (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j5JIUoai001926; Sun, 19 Jun 2005 11:30:50 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu) Received: (from sgk@localhost) by troutmask.apl.washington.edu (8.13.4/8.13.1/Submit) id j5JIUnFG001925; Sun, 19 Jun 2005 11:30:49 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sgk) Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2005 11:30:49 -0700 From: Steve Kargl To: DANIEL hoggan Message-ID: <20050619183049.GA1873@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Cc: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Request to mailing list freebsd-arch rejected-gui for unix X-BeenThere: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussion related to FreeBSD architecture List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2005 18:30:50 -0000 On Sun, Jun 19, 2005 at 12:42:10PM +0000, DANIEL hoggan wrote: > > >Your request to the freebsd-arch mailing list > > > > Posting of your message titled "Hot plugging systems" > > > >has been rejected by the list moderator. The moderator gave the > >following reason for rejecting your request: > > > >"Quite aside for the tone of your post, which comes across in a way > >that is very unlikely to encourage the volunteers who write the code > >to have any desire to cooperate with you, your message came out to > >about 3.3 MB; the upper limit on messages for nearly all FreeBSD.org > >mailing lists is 200 KB. There is no need to "attach" additional > >material to your message -- merely provide a URL, and allow those who > >are sufficiently interested in what you have to say to go look. > > > >But in order for that strategy to be effective, you will need to craft > >your message appropriately; it would be ideal if you were to be able > >to show a body of code that you had either created or sponsored: it > >need nbe complete, but ot generally, there is a very strong perception > >that code speak a lot louder than words. > > > > -- postmaster@freebsd.org" > > Here is my code: > > /**************************************************************************** > This file is brought to you by the gpl and is available as part of the gge2d > graphics engine, This code is unfinished and is only partly complete, this > file is to be the complete header file for the graphical component for the > gge > if you have the time maby you coluld puruse this file and tell me of any > problems, bugs or comments you may have. > ###END### > > *****************************************************************************/ What is the point of this post? 2000+ LOC sent to mailing list without previous discussion of the code is somewhat pointless. I would suggest that you summarize what the code does and post a URL to the code. If this is kernel code and you wrote the code, why the GPL? -- steve