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Date:      Mon, 22 Sep 2008 12:08:39 -0700
From:      Jo Rhett <jrhett@netconsonance.com>
To:        Gary Palmer <gpalmer@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        freebsd-stable <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org>, Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org>
Subject:   Re: Upcoming Releases Schedule...
Message-ID:  <320CA2E9-2358-4E3A-A1D3-F8918B70A6C2@netconsonance.com>
In-Reply-To: <20080920190450.GB60230@in-addr.com>
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On Sep 20, 2008, at 12:04 PM, Gary Palmer wrote:
> Actually Robert, to be fair to Jo, I suspect it is more proper to say
> "$COMPANY wants extended support lifetimes.  What can I, or $COMPANY,
> do to help make that happen?".  I think its been misinterpreted as
> Jo saying "Let me do the work".  He has offered to see if his company
> will let him help on company time, but I do not believe the constraint
> is quite as you phrased it above.  The goal is the same, but throw it
> open to a wider contraint set - what resources does the project need
> to make it happen?  Money?  Test labs?  Server hosting?  Twinkies?


Exactly.   Thank you for phrasing it so very well.

--  
Jo Rhett
Net Consonance : consonant endings by net philanthropy, open source  
and other randomness





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