From owner-cvs-src@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 15 21:31:07 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8450616A420; Mon, 15 Oct 2007 21:31:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from phk@critter.freebsd.dk) Received: from phk.freebsd.dk (phk.freebsd.dk [130.225.244.222]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 26BDC13C465; Mon, 15 Oct 2007 21:31:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from phk@critter.freebsd.dk) Received: from critter.freebsd.dk (unknown [192.168.61.3]) by phk.freebsd.dk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 983F317105; Mon, 15 Oct 2007 21:31:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from critter.freebsd.dk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by critter.freebsd.dk (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id l9FLV4jf002572; Mon, 15 Oct 2007 21:31:04 GMT (envelope-from phk@critter.freebsd.dk) To: Robert Watson From: "Poul-Henning Kamp" In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 15 Oct 2007 22:26:38 +0100." <20071015221917.X9055@fledge.watson.org> Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2007 21:31:04 +0000 Message-ID: <2571.1192483864@critter.freebsd.dk> Sender: phk@critter.freebsd.dk Cc: Scott Long , src-committers@FreeBSD.org, Alexander Leidinger , cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, Joao Barros , cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, Wilko Bulte Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc Makefile sensorsd.conf src/etc/defaults rc.conf src/etc/rc.d Makefile sensorsd src/lib/libc/gen sysctl.3 src/sbin/sysctl sysctl.8 sysctl.c src/share/man/man5 rc.conf.5 src/share/man/man9 Makefile sensor_attach.9 src/sys/conf f X-BeenThere: cvs-src@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: CVS commit messages for the src tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2007 21:31:07 -0000 In message <20071015221917.X9055@fledge.watson.org>, Robert Watson writes: >> Wait please. It was on the ides list before the soc and during the soc. >> There where links to an overview and to source files. > >This is precisely why I've been concerned about the way things get randomly >put in the ideas list--something I've e-mailed you about many times. People >take it to represent a list of things we want, and frequently, items on the >list are not things that we want. Sometimes they are things that should be >looked at, and perhaps used or perhaps not, but often they are things >apparently hoovered up off a mailing list without thinking about whether they >are actually a good idea, and without talking to developers who have expertise >in the area they relate to. This is exactly why I stopped maintaining the JKH list long time ago. -- 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.