Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2001 22:39:48 -0500 (CDT) From: Tim Zingelman <zingelman@fnal.gov> To: Mixtim <mixtim@mixtim.homeip.net> Cc: <security@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc inetd.conf Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.30.0108152225580.28271-100000@nova.fnal.gov> In-Reply-To: <20010815213818.A759@mixtim.homeip.net>
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> Anyone else notice that bikeshed has lost its original meaning and is > now synonymous with apathy? Funny the coincidence... I'd deleted the last 7 messages in this thread without reading them. I read these last two only because there were only two in my inbox since the last time I'd checked my email. > Every discussion now boils down to four groups: > > 1. The group in favor of a given proposal. > 2. The group against a given proposal. > 3. The apathetic group that keeps talking about bikesheds. > 4. The group that can't stand discussion and keeps trying to get > everyone to shutup. I challenge you to go back through all the messages in this thread and classify even 25% in any of the above groups. I don't hear anyone agreeing or disagreeing with a proposal. Almost all fall into category five. Classic bikeshed input from people who have not contributed patches... Did anyone notice that the PATCHES attached to a recent earlier thread on almost exactly this topic have already been committed and will be in 4.4? > Why is it that group 3 is slowly becoming more annoying? Because you have not been reading this mailing list long enough. :) I'd argue that apathy (ie. I don't care) is the correct response to this class of discussion. - Tim To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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