From owner-cvs-all Sun Jan 10 00:20:10 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA17514 for cvs-all-outgoing; Sun, 10 Jan 1999 00:20:10 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from cimlogic.com.au (cimlog.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.51.31]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA17509 for ; Sun, 10 Jan 1999 00:20:06 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jb@cimlogic.com.au) Received: (from jb@localhost) by cimlogic.com.au (8.9.1/8.9.1) id TAA07938; Sun, 10 Jan 1999 19:18:34 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from jb) From: John Birrell Message-Id: <199901100818.TAA07938@cimlogic.com.au> Subject: Re: sysctl descriptions In-Reply-To: <19262.915954616@critter.freebsd.dk> from Poul-Henning Kamp at "Jan 10, 1999 8:50:16 am" To: phk@critter.freebsd.dk (Poul-Henning Kamp) Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1999 19:18:34 +1100 (EST) Cc: mike@smith.net.au, des@flood.ping.uio.no, darrenr@reed.wattle.id.au, committers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL43 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > > I have backed out the commit DES did before concensus was reached. > > I don't think you will be able to sway -core on this one, I tried > for half a year and got nowhere. I used all the same arguments > as you do and then some, but everytime it was pointed out that: [...] > Appeal to: -core. Please don't force these things to be discussed behind closed doors! If there has ever been an argument for disbanding core, it is to make discussions public. According to Jordan's state-of-the-nation ramble (after which we're bound to start calling him "Terry"), the change is acceptable because there was fore-warning and DES received some favourable and some negative comments, but not a huge outcry. -- John Birrell - jb@cimlogic.com.au; jb@freebsd.org http://www.cimlogic.com.au/ CIMlogic Pty Ltd, GPO Box 117A, Melbourne Vic 3001, Australia +61 418 353 137 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message