Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 08:13:46 +0100 From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Cc: Nate Williams <nate@yogotech.com>, Jordan Hubbard <jkh@osd.bsdi.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: <39605.984640426@critter> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 15 Mar 2001 09:43:14 %2B1030." <20010315094314.B79313@wantadilla.lemis.com>
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In message <20010315094314.B79313@wantadilla.lemis.com>, Greg Lehey writes: >> 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... > >It's definitely not apathy. There's a very real concern that using a >bigger stick would scare people off. Maybe we should come up with a >list of functions that core could conceivably perform, and get a vote >on whether it should perform them. We are not asking for a bigger stick, we are asking for a more optimistic and enthusiatic attitude. -- 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
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