Date: Wed, 08 Oct 2008 14:30:54 -0700 From: Bakul Shah <bakul@bitblocks.com> To: =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= <des@des.no> Cc: Evren Yurtesen <yurtesen@ispro.net>, Volker <volker@vwsoft.com>, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: continuous backup solution for FreeBSD Message-ID: <20081008213054.5AF645B4C@mail.bitblocks.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 08 Oct 2008 22:19:48 %2B0200." <86prma3km3.fsf@ds4.des.no> References: <48E9E1BB.6020908@ispro.net> <48EA56BB.6040702@vwsoft.com> <48EA8B3A.3090609@ispro.net> <861vysiv9i.fsf@ds4.des.no> <20081007164015.2E3085B29@mail.bitblocks.com> <86ej2rsdnc.fsf@ds4.des.no> <20081008190354.264C25B4C@mail.bitblocks.com> <86prma3km3.fsf@ds4.des.no>
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On Wed, 08 Oct 2008 22:19:48 +0200 =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= <des@des.no> wrote: > Bakul Shah <bakul@bitblocks.com> writes: > > "Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav" <des@des.no> writes: > > > Bakul Shah <bakul@bitblocks.com> writes: > > > > "Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav" <des@des.no> writes: > > > > > What really annoys me with this thread is that nobody has > > > > > provided any information at all that would allow someone to > > > > > understand what needs to be done and estimate how hard it would > > > > > be. > > > > From their http://forum.r1soft.com/CDP.html page: [...] > > > You completely missed the mark. I know what R1Soft's product is. > > > What I want to know is what needs to be done to port it to FreeBSD. > > Sorry, my mindreader is broken. If this is what you really wanted to > > know, why not ask R1Soft? -hackers is not going to shed any light on > > the specifics of R1Soft's product. I replied to say that implementing > > a similar solution is not hard (I am sure you knew that too but I > > wasn't responding just to you). It may even be worth doing. > > I didn't actually ask a question, and I don't mind that you don't have > the answer. What I do mind is that you interpreted my statement of > frustration as a question, and provided a completely irrelevant answer. > You don't need to read minds to understand this, just English. Interpreting an expression of frustration as a request for a solution is a common engineering trait:-) I can see you may not prefer my interpretation but I can't understand why you "mind" it. But so be it. I do not wish to annoy you. > If you take a step back and go through and read the entire thread again > from the start, though, I think you will understand my frustration. I understand your frustration but I chose to instead focus on the technical part. I too can get frustrated in similar situations but every time that happens I can trace it back to my own stress. I can't really control what others say so the way I deal with it is to ignore it or joke about it. I do try to clear misunderstandings but people don't always understand my point of view! As for feeling frustrated, I now view that as a warning signal. > Evren asked a question which everybody else is doing their best not to > answer in as many words as possible; and when I try to answer, I find > out that Evren doesn't really know what the question is. Actually that was clear in his very first email. > This is where - in an ideal world - somebody at R1Soft would jump in and > start asking the right questions... Don't bet on it. My musings even makes me wonder if they do it right.
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