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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.bugs Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!saimiri.primate.wisc.edu!usenet.coe.montana.edu!nate From: nate@cs.montana.edu (Nate Williams) Subject: Re: Periodic Posting, Current patchkit patches for next release Message-ID: <1993Apr8.150617.26893@coe.montana.edu> Sender: usenet@coe.montana.edu (USENET News System) Organization: CS References: <1pvn14$4dv@agate.berkeley.edu> <C55I18.1Hv@agora.rain.com> Date: Thu, 8 Apr 1993 15:06:17 GMT Lines: 33 In article <C55I18.1Hv@agora.rain.com> rgrimes@agora.rain.com (Rodney Grimes) writes: > > >I would simply like to ask the net to bear with me, there is a tremedious >amount of work to be done. I would like to put some plans togeather I >have been working on that will make things happen much faster and more >openly. This list was just a start. > >I have been putting in around 80 hours a week on this patchkit, it is an >awful lot of work coming out. Again please, cut me some slack and let me >get some stuff written. I will keep you all VERY informed of what is going >on but I need time.. > I'd like to second Rod's request for leniency. The patchkit is ALOT (ALOT!!!!) of work, easily enough to keep one or two people full time employed, if it actually was a paid position. Rod's been working his tail off on this stuff, before and after he took the position. My opinion is, if you don't like the way things are being done, do it yourself (ala Chris's project). It's more work than many folks realize, so before you go and ask for your pet patch in the patchkit, hold off a bit on it, and think about how much work it would be to have it working perfectly on every box that you can think of, and then multiply that amount of time by 5 to get things done because of the patchkit overhead. Nate -- osynw@terra.oscs.montana.edu | Still trying to find a good reason for nate@cs.montana.edu | these 'computer' things. Personally, work #: (406) 994-4836 | I don't think they'll catch on - home #: (406) 586-0579 | Don Hammerstrom