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Date:      Mon, 19 Apr 2010 14:03:00 +0200
From:      Gary Jennejohn <gary.jennejohn@freenet.de>
To:        Anton Shterenlikht <mexas@bristol.ac.uk>
Cc:        ports@freebsd.org, Thomas Abthorpe <tabthorpe@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Responding to a challenge
Message-ID:  <20100419140300.2cffdba6@ernst.jennejohn.org>
In-Reply-To: <20100419112228.GB70334@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk>
References:  <20100419035243.GA4554@goodking.goodking.ca> <20100419112228.GB70334@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk>

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On Mon, 19 Apr 2010 12:22:30 +0100
Anton Shterenlikht <mexas@bristol.ac.uk> wrote:

> By the way, what is "bikeshed" in fbsd context?
> 

This was coined by phk@.

Basically, it means people will send endless posts on minor issues because
they feel they understand them.  Important and/or complex issues generally
get little response on the MLs.

--
Gary Jennejohn



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