Date: Fri, 02 Dec 2011 17:00:18 -0800 From: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> To: Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>, Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy@acm.org>, Max Khon <fjoe@samodelkin.net> Subject: Re: CVS removal from the base Message-ID: <4ED974A2.7080606@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <CAJ-VmonQQ-yHrDox35gpuaXXYV5j%2BUXOJH5jr93m3j=uBgbkWA@mail.gmail.com> References: <CADe0-4kEJsj5pe6h4ZVPGg-hFEjE7oC4Ya8VO7sdW9W3WZiajg@mail.gmail.com> <20111202115446.GB25963@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> <CADe0-4=8z%2BpFAem83xMkYXYZCgCt9r_tX64he5Vx95OkAJqtFQ@mail.gmail.com> <CAJ-VmonQQ-yHrDox35gpuaXXYV5j%2BUXOJH5jr93m3j=uBgbkWA@mail.gmail.com>
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On 12/02/2011 04:35, Adrian Chadd wrote: > I think you're missing the point a little. > > The point is, you have to keep in mind how comfortable people feel > about things, and progress sometimes makes people uncomfortable. I > think you should leave these changes bake for a while and let people > get comfortable with the changing status quo. The fact that we have so many people who are radically change-averse, no matter how rational the change; is a bug, not a feature. This particular bug is complicated dramatically by the fact that the majority view seems to lean heavily towards "If I use it, it must be the default and/or in the base" rather than seeing ports as part of the overall operating SYSTEM. Doug -- "We could put the whole Internet into a book." "Too practical." Breadth of IT experience, and depth of knowledge in the DNS. Yours for the right price. :) http://SupersetSolutions.com/
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