From owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 30 22:13:20 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 980F416A4CE; Tue, 30 Mar 2004 22:13:20 -0800 (PST) Received: from critter.freebsd.dk (critter.freebsd.dk [212.242.86.163]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DEC2A43D39; Tue, 30 Mar 2004 22:13:17 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from phk@phk.freebsd.dk) Received: from critter.freebsd.dk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by critter.freebsd.dk (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i2V6DGIr008023; Wed, 31 Mar 2004 08:13:16 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from phk@phk.freebsd.dk) To: arch@freebsd.org From: "Poul-Henning Kamp" In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 30 Mar 2004 22:07:23 -0800." <20040331060723.GA44504@xor.obsecurity.org> Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2004 08:13:16 +0200 Message-ID: <8022.1080713596@critter.freebsd.dk> cc: Alex Keahan cc: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: CFD: XMLification of NOTES X-BeenThere: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussion related to FreeBSD architecture List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2004 06:13:20 -0000 In message <20040331060723.GA44504@xor.obsecurity.org>, Kris Kennaway writes: >It's the "if you build it, they will come" that I don't like: as you >well know, FreeBSD does not have a good history with people making >partial architectural changes under the assumption that someone else >will finish the job later. If Alexey carries this to completion and >comes up with a useful, usable set of tools, I think that's great! Then I think you should consider the tone of your email, because it was pretty far from anything I would call encouraging. -- 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.