Date: Fri, 12 Mar 1999 12:04:08 -0700 (MST) From: Brett Taylor <brett@peloton.physics.montana.edu> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Cc: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com>, freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Treading on toes (was: O'Reilly article: Whence the Source: Untangling the Open Source/Free Software Debate) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9903121201180.14633-100000@peloton.physics.montana.edu> In-Reply-To: <4.1.19990311211831.040bc900@localhost>
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Hi,
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On Thu, 11 Mar 1999, Brett Glass wrote:
> At 09:16 PM 3/11/99 -0700, Wes Peters wrote:
> >Perhaps the next time you come across a problem you'd like to address,
> >you should start off by saying "I've noticed the ports for 2.2.8 aren't
> >being updated as frequently as -STABLE anymore, and I'd like to help.
> >I can serve as a coordinator for this project, and can handle the XXX
> >and YYY ports myself. Would anybody like to join me in assisting in
> >this, and does anyone have any suggestions of where I might troll for
> >more volunteers."
>
> Well, if I said that, I wouldn't have been saying what I was actually
> proposing. I wasn't proposing to update specific ports but rather to
> do something more fundamental: make it so that it's easy for every
> port maintainer to keep ports updated for older versions with little
> or no effort.
And have you talked to Satoshi about this? I gave you his name and
email address (not that it's not in the handbook as "ports coordinator."
Have you coded up a little test case so people (especially Satoshi) can
review it?
Brett
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