From owner-cvs-all Tue Aug 31 1:50: 1 1999 Delivered-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Received: from gndrsh.dnsmgr.net (GndRsh.dnsmgr.net [198.145.92.4]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 112B715A46; Tue, 31 Aug 1999 01:49:44 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from freebsd@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net) Received: (from freebsd@localhost) by gndrsh.dnsmgr.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) id BAA68372; Tue, 31 Aug 1999 01:49:37 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from freebsd) From: "Rodney W. Grimes" Message-Id: <199908310849.BAA68372@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/bin/mkdir mkdir.1 mkdir.c In-Reply-To: <19990830162416.E25026@dragon.nuxi.com> from "David O'Brien" at "Aug 30, 1999 04:24:16 pm" To: obrien@FreeBSD.org Date: Tue, 31 Aug 1999 01:49:37 -0700 (PDT) Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL54 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk > > If he had responded, or if you had responded by directly answering the > > 3 questions I posed this would not be a drawen out thread. > ... > > I have been talking, or at least ask about the intented plans, > > just how far is -v going to go, why is it needed on this specific > > command, etc. What I got was flame bait. > > If all you were doing was simply to ask about our plans, I apologize. > Either I or mharo would have replied. How could have I been more direct in my questions? -- my original response to the commit message -- > mharo 1999/08/28 13:46:01 PDT > > Modified files: > bin/mkdir mkdir.1 mkdir.c > Log: > add verbose flag Why???? Are you planning to add this to every command. What purpose does this serve, or what problem does it work around? You also fixed the exit(1) to use exit(EX_USAGE), that should have been mentioned here. -- end of my original response to the commit message -- > > I have never met you in person nor have you been around much for the last > few years, so I don't know your style and how to "read" what you say. Read it very dry, direct, and without sarcasm. I am normally quite dry and direct with things. I don't post unless I expect answers to issues I have raised. That's why I've been so quite for so long, not much has alarmed me that someone else didn't jump on. > Email can really be an impersonable medium, and I've found that meeting > several of the committers really helps understanding their emails. It would probably only confuse you in my case. My personality changes significantly from when I am sitting in my office in a work environment and when I am at a social gathering. > In this case, I may have mis-read the situation as I thought we were > getting some unexpected sarcasm. You won't get unexpected sarcasm from me, and that should have been clear by the second or third email on this subject. -- Rod Grimes - KD7CAX - (RWG25) rgrimes@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message