From owner-freebsd-current Wed Apr 14 15:29: 0 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from poboxer.pobox.com (unknown [208.149.16.25]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 92A1415985; Wed, 14 Apr 1999 15:28:43 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from alk@poboxer.pobox.com) Received: (from alk@localhost) by poboxer.pobox.com (8.9.3/8.9.1) id RAA25702; Wed, 14 Apr 1999 17:25:26 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from alk) From: Anthony Kimball MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Wed, 14 Apr 1999 17:25:26 -0500 (CDT) X-Face: \h9Jg:Cuivl4S*UP-)gO.6O=T]]@ncM*tn4zG);)lk#4|lqEx=*talx?.Gk,dMQU2)ptPC17cpBzm(l'M|H8BUF1&]dDCxZ.c~Wy6-j,^V1E(NtX$FpkkdnJixsJHE95JlhO 5\M3jh'YiO7KPCn0~W`Ro44_TB@&JuuqRqgPL'0/{):7rU-%.*@/>q?1&Ed Reply-To: alk@pobox.com To: sheldonh@iafrica.com Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: swap-related problems References: <14100.62842.127882.239452@avalon.east> <91577.924128119@axl.noc.iafrica.com> X-Mailer: VM 6.43 under 20.4 "Emerald" XEmacs Lucid Message-ID: <14101.5050.590013.685243@avalon.east> Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Quoth Sheldon Hearn on Thu, 15 April: : : > : 3. Send patches. : > : > And I certainly don't care enough to do that!-) : : So, what? You're just arguing for fun? If so, then you and everyone else : doing like wise can just piss the hell off. [redirected to chat] No, I'm trying to contribute constructively to a discussion which may affect policy in the future. One party suggested that there was an admitted problem in the current system, but that "we" didn't know how to fix it. I suggested a fix. This makes it easier for anyone who cares enough to (1) write the code, and (2) fight the mugwump politics, to implement a solution to the benefit of everyone who uses the code. Do I care about this particular problem that much? No. My concerns lie elsewhere. I do think it is important the the actual problem be recognized, and that its solvability within acceptable constraints be recognized. Otherwise, people may make bad decisions -- for example, rejecting patches offered by persons for whom this issue is more pressing. Besides, when someone makes a reasonable complaint and is derided unfairly for it, it would be craven and despicable not to co-advocate. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message