Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 22:44:59 -0800 (PST) From: Matthew Jacob <mjacob@feral.com> To: Mike Smith <msmith@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Matt Jacob <mjacob@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/dev/isp MAINTAINER Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0010302242420.32420-100000@beppo.feral.com> In-Reply-To: <200010310619.e9V6JK419662@mass.osd.bsdi.com>
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On Mon, 30 Oct 2000, Mike Smith wrote: > > mjacob 2000/10/30 21:55:55 PST > > > > Removed files: > > sys/dev/isp MAINTAINER > > Log: > > I'm dropping the MAINTAINER request and see what happens. If it becomes > > too hard for me to keep in sync with other platforms, FreeBSD will go > > it's own way. > > If FreeBSD becomes too hard for you to keep in sync, I will be among the > first that asks for this back. Let's be clear- I'm not removing the MAINTAINER out of petulance- I really don't think much of Matt Dillon as an engineer or a person and I don't much like what Peter said- but I'll try and give it a shot anyway. What the hell. > Yes, I've been down on the concept of "maintainership" off and on for a > long time, mostly when I've felt that it's been taken too far and too > excessively. That's mostly because I haven't felt that any examples > have needed any sticking up for until now. Keith should be listening to all of this. The pay for a lot folks is the ego. Shared ego possibly only exists in groups that Ayn Rand feared- but it'd be nice if she was wrong. -matt To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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