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Date:      Wed, 14 Mar 2001 11:09:30 +0100
From:      Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk>
To:        Jordan Hubbard <jkh@osd.bsdi.com>
Cc:        grog@lemis.com, rwatson@FreeBSD.org, imp@harmony.village.org, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: Core's function (was: The Project and onward [was: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/netinet ip_output.c]) 
Message-ID:  <17337.984564570@critter>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 14 Mar 2001 00:06:50 PST." <20010314000650Y.jkh@osd.bsdi.com> 

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In message <20010314000650Y.jkh@osd.bsdi.com>, Jordan Hubbard writes:

>> >> You want a more dynamic homepage ?  Ask for somebody to do it instead
>> >> of expecting already busy committers to do so...
>> >
>> >Excuse me?  Who's supposed to do this kind of thing if not committers?
>> >They're the only ones with write access.
>> 
>> What makes you think that we cant add new committers ?
>
>What makes you think that I think that we can't? ;)
>
>This conversation has now entered the surreal.  We've been talking
>about "committers" as a concept all this time, not as some static
>group comprised of precisely 260 individuals and not one more or less,
>and I can't even pretend to understand where your mind has gone with
>the conversation at this point. :-)

My point is merely that whenever something needs done, you show
a surprising lack of eagerness to consider somebody *outside*
committers could be an option.

Just because people are not committers doesn't mean they can't
contribute in a major fashion...

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