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Date:      Tue, 13 Mar 2001 17:32:36 +0200
From:      Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za>
To:        obrien@freebsd.org
Cc:        Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai <asmodai@wxs.nl>, 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:  <28339.984497556@axl.fw.uunet.co.za>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 13 Mar 2001 07:17:04 PST." <20010313071704.A74721@dragon.nuxi.com> 

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On Tue, 13 Mar 2001 07:17:04 PST, "David O'Brien" wrote:

> Largely because any discussion one does not care for these days is
> immediately label a "bikeshed".  People are *way* to quick to pull out
> this label these days -- to the point of stifleing useful discussion.

Agreed.  Modern BSD UNIX seems to owe a great deal to a healthy dose of
pedantry.  Pedanticism can go overboard, but sloppiness in the technical
decision-making process is equally bad.

This whole discussion seems to centre around the fact that it's
difficult to find the right balance.

Ciao,
Sheldon.

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