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Date:      Mon, 3 Feb 2003 18:49:50 -0400 (AST)
From:      "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@hub.org>
To:        Chad David <davidc@issci.ca>
Cc:        Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>, "M. L. Dodson" <bdodson@scms.utmb.EDU>, "" <chat@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: dillon@'s commit bit: I object
Message-ID:  <20030203184819.M16840@hub.org>
In-Reply-To: <20030203223127.GC29380@colnta.acns.ab.ca>
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On Mon, 3 Feb 2003, Chad David wrote:

> On Mon, Feb 03, 2003 at 03:14:35PM -0700, Brett Glass wrote:
> > At 01:38 PM 2/3/2003, M. L. Dodson wrote:
> >
> > >This is the kind of attitude that generates forks.
> >
> > And knives.
> >
> > It really does appear that -core has become a hotbed of
> > vindictiveness of late, and the community deserves to know
> > more about why.
>
> Where did that come from?  What has -core done that could be
> considered vindictive?  Did they make a decision?  Are they
> trying to clean things up and bring some vision and direction
> back to FreeBSD?  Does that bother those who prefer chaos?

a mixture of both is required ... chaos breeds life and innovation ...
order is good for advocacy ... too strong in either, and the project dies
:(

> My personal experiences with Matt contradict -core's decision,
> but my personal experiences with many -core members, and my
> respect for authority demands that I support and trust them.

You pay your taxes on time too, don't you?


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