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Date:      Sat, 17 Mar 2001 00:14:43 -0800
From:      Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org>
To:        obrien@FreeBSD.org
Cc:        Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/usr.bin/make Makefile 
Message-ID:  <200103170814.f2H8EhQ02380@mass.dis.org>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 15 Mar 2001 17:02:43 PST." <20010315170243.A52479@dragon.nuxi.com> 

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> On Thu, Mar 15, 2001 at 04:49:58PM -0800, Peter Wemm wrote:
> > But things like make(1) dont need this.  Yes, it is nice to have a
> > primary contact for make, but Will doesn't need special powers in order
> > to be assigned PR's or apply patches or work with the NetBSD/OpenBSD
> > folk to get things closer together.
> 
> I guess this is where we disagree.  If one is taking on the
> responsibility to do this kind of work, I think we should stay out of
> their way, as they know where they are headed with the work.

I don't actually think you're in disagreement here; Will doesn't need 
"special powers", but people ought to at least *consider* his opinions on 
the subject.

-- 
... every activity meets with opposition, everyone who acts has his
rivals and unfortunately opponents also.  But not because people want
to be opponents, rather because the tasks and relationships force
people to take different points of view.  [Dr. Fritz Todt]
           V I C T O R Y   N O T   V E N G E A N C E



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