From owner-freebsd-arch Mon Jul 15 5:16:49 2002 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 4A53337B400 for ; Mon, 15 Jul 2002 05:16:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: from thuvia.demon.co.uk (thuvia.demon.co.uk [193.237.34.248]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A120C43E4A for ; Mon, 15 Jul 2002 05:16:44 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mark@thuvia.demon.co.uk) Received: from dotar.thuvia.org (dotar.thuvia.org [10.0.0.4]) by phaidor.thuvia.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g6FCF8b48598; Mon, 15 Jul 2002 13:15:08 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from mark@thuvia.demon.co.uk) Received: from dotar.thuvia.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by dotar.thuvia.org (8.12.3/8.12.3) with ESMTP id g6FCF5KC099684; Mon, 15 Jul 2002 13:15:05 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from mark@dotar.thuvia.org) Received: (from mark@localhost) by dotar.thuvia.org (8.12.3/8.12.3/Submit) id g6FCF43b099683; Mon, 15 Jul 2002 13:15:04 +0100 (BST) Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2002 13:15:04 +0100 (BST) From: Mark Valentine Message-Id: <200207151215.g6FCF43b099683@dotar.thuvia.org> In-Reply-To: Terry Lambert's message of Jul 14, 11:13pm X-Mailer: Mail User's Shell (7.2.6 beta(5) 10/07/98) To: Terry Lambert Subject: Re: Package system flaws? Cc: "Louis A. Mamakos" , Thomas Seck , freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > From: Terry Lambert > Date: Sun 14 Jul, 2002 > Subject: Re: Package system flaws? > Mark Valentine wrote: > > > Rather than trusting people with this, I would like to see the > > > ability to learn institutionalized in the project and the tools, > > > so that when individuals responsible leave, either voluntarily, > > > or by getting hit by a bus, that the learning is not lost. > > > > I'd like to hear your ideas on how to make _that_ happen! :-) > > [vague rant snipped] I didn't see anything in there concrete enough to take action on... We already know about the problem of modularising the base system, and I'm not sure how reminding us of that helps to "institutionalize the ability to learn". Cheers, Mark. -- Mark Valentine, Thuvia Labs "Tigers will do ANYTHING for a tuna fish sandwich." Mark Valentine uses "We're kind of stupid that way." *munch* *munch* and endorses FreeBSD -- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message