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Date:      Sun, 14 May 2000 22:15:12 -0700 (PDT)
From:      "Brian W. Buchanan" <brian@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU>
To:        Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
Cc:        current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Breaking "build world" costs $5? (was: Can we please have a current that compiles?)
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.10.10005142154160.24225-100000@smarter.than.nu>
In-Reply-To: <20000515133535.E541@freebie.lemis.com>

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On Mon, 15 May 2000, Greg Lehey wrote:

> > I see this money scheme as an extension of the "finger pointing"
> > which does nothing to build team spirit.
> 
> That depends very much on the way it's taken.  At the moment, people
> take the pointy hat voluntarily, not because it's forced on them.
> It's my expectation that the $5 should be in the the same spirit.

Exactly... it's not meant to be a complicated system of fines or to
discourage people from developing (at Desktop, we certainly don't want
that!), it's just a little bit of good-natured public humiliation to
encourage people to think (and maybe test) before they commit. :-)

- Brian Buchanan
brian@desktop.com
brian@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU




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