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Date:      Fri, 25 Nov 2016 01:56:36 +1100
From:      Kubilay Kocak <koobs@FreeBSD.org>
To:        =?UTF-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=c3=b8rgrav?= <des@FreeBSD.org>, src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r309109 - head/lib/libutil
Message-ID:  <c120ab6b-99b6-c139-f691-4d01c034d427@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <201611241450.uAOEoLA5079215@repo.freebsd.org>
References:  <201611241450.uAOEoLA5079215@repo.freebsd.org>

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On 25/11/2016 1:50 AM, Dag-Erling Smørgrav wrote:
> +/* + * Reliably open and lock a file. + * + * DO NOT, UNDER PAIN OF
> DEATH, modify this code without first reading the + * revision
> history and discussing your changes with <des@freebsd.org>. + * Don't
> be fooled by the code's apparent simplicity; there would be no + *
> need for this function if it was as easy to get right as you think. +
> */

This comes as close to obvious territoriality in FreeBSD as I've seen to
date and it's especially disappointing to see coming from someone many
look up to and consider a senior project developer.

While we all may understand the frustration associated with people
changing code they don't understand, I believe we need less fear
associated with contributing to FreeBSD and that this is a big step in
the wrong direction.

Please choose a better way to resolve the perceived problem.

--
Respectfully,

./koobs



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