Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2007 11:51:38 -0800 From: Garrett Cooper <youshi10@u.washington.edu> To: "Aryeh M. Friedman" <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com> Cc: David Southwell <david@vizion2000.net>, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org, Ade Lovett <ade@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: results of ports re-engineering survey Message-ID: <65A0A159-358E-4C0C-816F-BE97DB7C56E8@u.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <47617E37.1040702@gmail.com> References: <200712130232.27944.david@vizion2000.net> <2BC5322B-368E-4C2F-AC8A-6088FD381793@FreeBSD.org> <47617E37.1040702@gmail.com>
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On Dec 13, 2007, at 10:47 AM, Aryeh M. Friedman wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Ade Lovett wrote: >> >> On Dec 13, 2007, at 02:32 , David Southwell wrote: >>> I suspect antagonistic responsesfrom some people are more about >>> wounded pride (i.e - astonishment why should anyone propose to >>> improve on the procedures, systems and engineering to which they >>> contributed in the past!) >> >> You suspect wrong. Sorry. Indeed, I already said as much about >> the current system, and it's scalability. >> >>> Sp please either make contributions that are intended to help the >>> current process rather than boring everyone with negativity >> >> Since this is a WIP, how about taking it to a specific mailing list >> that is not related to how things currently operate. I read >> ports@ for one reason, and one reason only, to keep abreast of >> potential issues with the *current* system. >> >> It's not hard to set up a mailing list. Hell, I'll even host it >> myself if that's what it takes, but as things stand, ports@ (or, >> indeed, any other exising mailing list) is not the right place to >> be discussing concepts that are, fluid. >> > > As soon we get to the point where user input is less important > (design, implementation and testing) it will move to it's own virtual > discussion space, but as long as user input is a critical component of > the work it will stay on -ports@.... as several people have said this > is the most appropriate place in the existing structure to do this. > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQFHYX43zIOMjAek4JIRAteMAJ9Lg2Adh9HIHj6LCeamz7y1amNZ7QCghVO0 > 2t00d2ZmcL743jGj8/ybjvg= > =4/wj > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- I'm more than happy to take the comments in kind and implement them in my work with pkg_install. I honestly see no problem with commenting / brainstorming as long as it's productive. I'm done with finals and have no major obligations to deal with outside my '9 to 5' (more like 4:30 to 11:30) with BestBuy, so the true coding starts now.. Cheers, -Garrett
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