Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 08:17:53 +0100 From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> To: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>, obrien@FreeBSD.org, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, Nate Williams <nate@yogotech.com> Subject: Re: Core's function (was: The Project and onward [was: Re: cvs c Message-ID: <39683.984640673@critter> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 14 Mar 2001 15:41:40 PST." <XFMail.010314154140.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
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In message <XFMail.010314154140.jhb@FreeBSD.org>, John Baldwin writes: >>> This is an important point. Part of what made SMPng work was that >>> in cases where there was a dispute Jason was avaiable to make a >>> final decision if the group as a whole couldn't come to a consensus. >>> Granted, we didn't have to do this very often, but I think knowing >>> that that option was there also forced us to be a little more >>> willing to compromise, as well. >> >> But this is exactly analogous to core's current function. > >Err, exactly. -core delegated some of its authority so that when a conflict >came up, the SMPng group didn't have to go harrass all of core to try and get >it resolved. Committers have granted this authority to core as it were, it's >now cores to delegate as it sees fit if it wishes to do so. Uhm, let me just clear a misconception here: It wasn't core as much as "the usual gang" who appointed John, but it was *given the appearance* of a core decision. Rather than charting this up to a "core did it right", lets just put it under "somebody did the right thing for core". -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 phk@FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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