Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 17:58:21 -0600 From: Bill Fumerola <billf@mu.org> To: David O'Brien <obrien@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.bin/make Makefile Message-ID: <20010315175821.D362@elvis.mu.org> In-Reply-To: <20010315135546.A50505@dragon.nuxi.com>; from obrien@FreeBSD.org on Thu, Mar 15, 2001 at 01:55:47PM -0800 References: <200103151033.f2FAX1q89921@freefall.freebsd.org> <20010315135546.A50505@dragon.nuxi.com>
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On Thu, Mar 15, 2001 at 01:55:47PM -0800, David O'Brien wrote:
> Your mentor has does NOT give you the right to do this w/o an OK'ed by
> the maintainer. I think Will has been around here enough he doesn't
> need to be considered a mentee any longer? Or is this something you're
> going to hold over his head forever.
Since you're going to drag this out into the open instead of privately
mailing me: no, I don't consider Will to be outside my mentorship in the
src/ tree.
> > remove the concept of a 'maintainer' of our make. there really isn't a
> > need for any one committer to hold an exclusive lock or serve as a filter
> > for this code.
>
> Oh REALLY?!?!? Since Will took over, I now have someone to assign
> make(1) PRs to. He is also working closely with Mark Espie / OpenBSD to
> merge our make with theirs (and NetBSD's).
>
> This is PRECISELY the type of work that does not get done w/o a
> maintainer because it isn't sexy nor fun.
So its a medal? Can I be Sr. MAINTAINER or does it go on to Lt. MAINTAINER?
The work can be done with or without the shiny badge and the work isn't
hindered by someone else going in and fixing bugs. There is no reason
for a maintainer for make(1).
> As someone more senior than you around here, I think I'll back out your
> commit.
As someone a bit more laid back then you, I think I'll not care.
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