Date: Fri, 22 May 1998 15:31:19 -0500 (EST) From: "John S. Dyson" <dyson@FreeBSD.ORG> To: mike@smith.net.au (Mike Smith) Cc: darrenr@reed.wattle.id.au, bde@zeta.org.au, jkh@time.cdrom.com, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-sys@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/pci if_tl.c if_tlreg.h Message-ID: <199805222031.PAA02427@dyson.iquest.net> In-Reply-To: <199805221212.FAA09041@antipodes.cdrom.com> from Mike Smith at "May 22, 98 05:12:18 am"
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Mike Smith said: > > > > However, FreeBSD, in this, is acting just the same as the linux crowd is > > and to be quite frank, IMHO it's just plain silliness. > > Bruce != FreeBSD > (Not speaking for -core, but this is IMO.) I want to chime in and agree with that, but also make sure that people know that each -core member normally represents only themselves. When I go on my ranting sessions about a subject that shall remain unstated, but well known, that doesn't mean that -core agrees with me. The only way that "-core" forms an opinion is by consensus, or by someone who is delegated to express opinions for "-core." The "-core" team is kind of like a legislative body, where each person has their own opinions, however strong, when a collective decision is made, the "-core" team comes together and expresses that decision officially. There is great value in the diversity in opinion that FreeBSD core members express. The advantage that we have, is that we do have a stable state where we do eventually know that we have to work together and do move forward, without splitting into splinter teams. All the above isn't to say that -core members don't have valuable opinions indivdually, but -core is part of a mechanism that we use to balance FreeBSD into a real and viable project. -- John | Never try to teach a pig to sing, dyson@freebsd.org | it just makes you look stupid, jdyson@nc.com | and it irritates the pig. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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