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Date:      Wed, 17 Mar 2004 13:53:32 -0800
From:      Ted Faber <faber@ISI.EDU>
To:        Johan Pettersson <manlix@demonized.net>
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Pkg-based base system.
Message-ID:  <20040317215330.GR1206@pun.isi.edu>
In-Reply-To: <20040317224315.68af306b.manlix@demonized.net>
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On Wed, Mar 17, 2004 at 10:43:15PM +0100, Johan Pettersson wrote:
> On Wed, 17 Mar 2004 13:19:30 -0800
> Ted Faber <faber@ISI.EDU> wrote:
> 
> > FAQ:
> > 
> > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/misc.html#BIKESHED-PAINTING
> > 
> 
> Yeah, just read that but still don't get it. What does the word mean?

Oh, sorry.  I thought you understood the literal meaning but not the way
it was used in the list.

A bikeshed is a small shed used to keep one's bicycle out of the
rain/snow/sleet/sun/other weather.  They're not very sophisticated
structures compared to, say, atomic power plants.

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Ted Faber
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