Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 10:11:14 -0700 (MST) From: Nate Williams <nate@yogotech.com> To: Jordan Hubbard <jkh@osd.bsdi.com> Cc: phk@critter.freebsd.dk, 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]) Message-ID: <15023.42546.30738.1117@nomad.yogotech.com> In-Reply-To: <20010313134342A.jkh@osd.bsdi.com> References: <20010313123603Y.jkh@osd.bsdi.com> <10215.984516433@critter> <20010313134342A.jkh@osd.bsdi.com>
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> > I have no small amount of faith in what our volounteers can do, but > > having studied my history, I know that most if not all instances of > > a mass-effort has been directed by one or a very few persons who have > > set a goal, waved a flag and issued the battlecry... > > I actually agree, I just see no reason why those few flag-waving > individuals need to come exclusively from core (or as a side-effect of > some sort of core mandate) at all. During our almost 9 years of > history, I've seen more of those folks come from out of "nowhere" than > I have seen them come from the "center" of the FreeBSD project. True, but if 'core' gave it's blessing to those folks instead of sitting back and not getting involved until long *after* the flag-waving individual has been so beaten down that they leave in disgust, we may get more done. Core *is* the perceived leadership group in FreeBSD, and you're it's de-facto leader. Being un-involved in the process implies apathy at *your* level, which doesn't do anything to motivate the troops... Nate To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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