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Date:      Wed, 31 Oct 2001 20:57:43 +0200
From:      Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk>
Cc:        cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sbin/natd natd.8 natd.c
Message-ID:  <20011031205743.L91951@sunbay.com>
In-Reply-To: <73893.1004553742@critter.freebsd.dk>; from phk@critter.freebsd.dk on Wed, Oct 31, 2001 at 07:42:22PM %2B0100
References:  <20011031202106.G91951@sunbay.com> <73893.1004553742@critter.freebsd.dk>

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On Wed, Oct 31, 2001 at 07:42:22PM +0100, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
> In message <20011031202106.G91951@sunbay.com>, Ruslan Ermilov writes:
> 
> 
> >Please back this change out, indicated by: ``Requested by: ru''.
> 
> No.
> 
You can't just say "no" here, as "every disputed change should be
backed out if requested by a maintainer", but see below.

> >I don't agree with this change; 
> 
> Well, I agree with this change.
> 
> >this is not what Flemming submitted.
> 
> No, I changed it with Flemmings permission.
> 
I wasn't aware, and you didn't mention it in the commitlog.

> >His patch added the -nolog_ipfw_denied, while you changed this to
> >-log_ipfw_denied, breaking POLA (the current behavior of natd),
> >which is BAD, as this message (usually) indicates a misconfigured
> >firewall.
> 
> No, Adding negative options breaks POLA.
> 
No, changing the current behavior breaks POLA.

> >As the maintainer of natd(8), I would appreciate it if you mailed
> >me about your intentions to commit this.
> 
> Your totally unflexible behaviour in the discussion with Flemming
> (and me) about this change earns you no credit as maintainer.
> 
Unflexible?  We were disputing the change, I offered an alternate
solution which was rejected, then I swamped with some non-FreeBSD
related things, and you just committed this without even telling
me about your intentions.  I'm sure you won't behav like this if
Flemming wasn't Dutch.

> >I re-opened the PR in question, and will look into this soon after
> >I return from BSDCon/Euro.
> 
> Lets discuss it at BSDcon/Euro then and leave the tree in peace 
> until then.
> 
Please make this option the default then, and let's discuss it at
the Con.


Cheers,
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