Date: Sun, 01 Apr 2007 16:18:10 -0500 From: Paul Schmehl <pauls@utdallas.edu> To: FreeBSD Ports Tree Management <portmanager@FreeBSD.org>, ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD and NetBSD's pkgsrc: A strategic synergy for awesomeness Message-ID: <B3338A2F3347D710874E28AF@paul-schmehls-powerbook59.local> In-Reply-To: <1175455563.1871.33.camel@localhost> References: <1175455563.1871.33.camel@localhost>
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--On April 1, 2007 3:26:03 PM -0400 FreeBSD Ports Tree Management=20
<portmanager@FreeBSD.org> wrote:
>
> For our employee committers and contractor port maintainers we regret to
> inform you that due to redundancies many of you will be let go from
> FreeBSD. All port maintainer's contracts are immediately terminated.
> If you refer to the organization's Porters Handbook you will note that
> we have the right to terminate maintainer contracts at will. For our
> employee committers we will be restructuring in phases. Those of you
> with work obligations in the other repositories will retain your ports
> tree responsibilities while training the pkgsrc workforce for their new
> role maintaining their products on FreeBSD. Once this phase is complete
> your workload will be redirected towards your roles in the other
> repositories. Those of you with a ports commit bit only, we wish to put
> this gently. We are delivering a .pinkslip to your cubicles in the
> Freefall office currently. By the end of business tomorrow we expect
> you to login and collect your belongings there and in our satellite
> offices. All cubicles will be scheduled for deletion after that.
> Please be aware that members of the FreeBSD Security Team will be
> monitoring your access to ensure that no organization property
> accidentally goes home with you.
>
{{snicker}}
Happy April Fools Day.
Paul Schmehl (pauls@utdallas.edu)
Senior Information Security Analyst
The University of Texas at Dallas
http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/
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