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Date:      Mon, 03 Feb 2003 17:57:49 -0700
From:      Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>
To:        "Greg 'groggy' Lehey" <grog@FreeBSD.ORG>, Benjamin Krueger <benjamin@seattlefenix.net>
Cc:        Stephen Hilton <nospam@hiltonbsd.com>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: dillon@'s commit bit: I object
Message-ID:  <4.3.2.7.2.20030203175427.027d6c60@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <20030204004214.GJ70413@wantadilla.lemis.com>
References:  <20030203233422.GH27674@surreal.seattlefenix.net> <xzpbs1t6sm4.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> <4.3.2.7.2.20030203151321.02832330@localhost> <20030203165428.78db73f6.nospam@hiltonbsd.com> <20030203233422.GH27674@surreal.seattlefenix.net>

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At 05:42 PM 2/3/2003, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote:

>"All project members are equal, only some are more equal than others".
>
>Seriously, we need a hierarchy.  You can't expect casual users to have
>as much say in the project as the people who live and sleep FreeBSD 24
>hours a day.

Written by perhaps the most elitist member of -core.

The fact is that many users, system administrators, and occasional
contributors "live and sleep FreeBSD 24 hours a day" even though
they're not on -core. (They don't have time to be.)

>Core was elected to know what's best.

And just because they were elected (by a minority of the community!)
they automatically know what they're doing and are benevolent. Just 
like some politicians I could name.

--Brett Glass


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