From owner-cvs-all Wed Mar 14 2: 9:24 2001 Delivered-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Received: from phk.freebsd.dk (phk.freebsd.dk [212.242.86.136]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CC16637B719; Wed, 14 Mar 2001 02:09:16 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from phk@critter.freebsd.dk) Received: from critter.freebsd.dk (critter.freebsd.dk [212.242.86.163]) by phk.freebsd.dk (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id LAA61056; Wed, 14 Mar 2001 11:09:14 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from phk@critter.freebsd.dk) Received: from critter (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by critter.freebsd.dk (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id f2EA9Up17339; Wed, 14 Mar 2001 11:09:30 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from phk@critter.freebsd.dk) To: Jordan Hubbard Cc: grog@lemis.com, rwatson@FreeBSD.org, imp@harmony.village.org, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Core's function (was: The Project and onward [was: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/netinet ip_output.c]) In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 14 Mar 2001 00:06:50 PST." <20010314000650Y.jkh@osd.bsdi.com> Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 11:09:30 +0100 Message-ID: <17337.984564570@critter> From: Poul-Henning Kamp Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In message <20010314000650Y.jkh@osd.bsdi.com>, Jordan Hubbard writes: >> >> You want a more dynamic homepage ? Ask for somebody to do it instead >> >> of expecting already busy committers to do so... >> > >> >Excuse me? Who's supposed to do this kind of thing if not committers? >> >They're the only ones with write access. >> >> What makes you think that we cant add new committers ? > >What makes you think that I think that we can't? ;) > >This conversation has now entered the surreal. We've been talking >about "committers" as a concept all this time, not as some static >group comprised of precisely 260 individuals and not one more or less, >and I can't even pretend to understand where your mind has gone with >the conversation at this point. :-) My point is merely that whenever something needs done, you show a surprising lack of eagerness to consider somebody *outside* committers could be an option. Just because people are not committers doesn't mean they can't contribute in a major fashion... -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 phk@FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message