Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2004 03:17:40 +0100 From: Harald Schmalzbauer <h@schmalzbauer.de> To: Robert Watson <rwatson@freebsd.org>, Peter Schultz <pmes@bis.midco.net> Cc: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Bikeshed Reports [was: Status reports - why not regularly?] Message-ID: <200401140317.46071@harrymail> In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1040113210531.37309B-100000@fledge.watson.org> References: <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1040113210531.37309B-100000@fledge.watson.org>
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--Boundary-02=_KbKBAoWHoKL4Gjs Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Description: signed data Content-Disposition: inline On Wednesday 14 January 2004 03:06, Robert Watson wrote: > On Tue, 13 Jan 2004, Peter Schultz wrote: > > Over 2003 I inadvertently started around four bikesheds. Every time it > > happened I wanted to document it so that the beating of dead horses > > could be kept to a minimum. It would basically list items of great > > contention or things that just plain need a good hacker's attention. > > > > Hindsight is 20/20, but I think a resource like this would have > > prevented me from pushing people's buttons. It's not all that easy to > > harvest bikeshed discussions from the mailing lists, and a lot of them > > have to do with issues that end users are interested in. I adore > > FreeBSD volunteers and don't like to see them bothered with what color > > to paint a bikeshed. > > > > I can dig up something on this if it's of interest to people. > > I'd be happy to help set up a www.freebsd.org/project/bikeshed web page to > hold the hard-earned results of your research. Although perhaps they > actually belong in the FAQ :-). This sounds great! And I hav an idea about the very first pragraph: What th= e=20 hack is bikeshed? =46rom the context I guess it's something like braindamaged circumstance/id= ea. But no dictionary has helped me so far. It also looks to be FreeBSD specifi= c,=20 isn't it? Thank you, =2DHarry > > Robert N M Watson FreeBSD Core Team, TrustedBSD Projects > robert@fledge.watson.org Senior Research Scientist, McAfee Research > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" --Boundary-02=_KbKBAoWHoKL4Gjs Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Description: signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBABKbKBylq0S4AzzwRAkSTAJ0blYZZBQu2HQtsw/HKThHr4FjefACdHtGb GOuR4CiMzU0kVeuwbmDOUfQ= =Nahp -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Boundary-02=_KbKBAoWHoKL4Gjs--
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