cvs commit: src/sys/kern kern_sig.c

[Ken Smith]

On Fri, Oct 29, 2004 at 04:48:23PM -0700, Alfred Perlstein wrote:
> * John Baldwin <jhb at FreeBSD.org> [041029 12:49] wrote:
> > On Friday 29 October 2004 04:24 am, Alfred Perlstein wrote:
> > > alfred      2004-10-29 08:24:41 UTC
> > >
> > >   FreeBSD src repository
> > >
> > >   Modified files:
> > >     sys/kern             kern_sig.c
> > >   Log:
> > >   Backout 1.291.
> > >
> > >   re doesn't seem to think this fixes:
> > >     Desired features for 5.3-RELEASE "More truss problems"
> > 
> > Umm, the todo list always lags the fixes.  This is nothing personal, it's just 
> > that approving requests, etc. takes up most of re@'s limited time.  Geez.  
> > Usually the reson the todo gets updated is that someone explicitly e-mails 
> > re@ saying "you can move this item from todo to done".  As with other e-mails 
> > sent to re@ (like MFC requests), if they don't respond to it, it probably got 
> > lost in the bitbucket, so you have to resend it until you get an ack.  (Kind 
> > of like TCP. :-P)
> 
> I made 3-4 requestss, each one had an ACK that said, "sorry, right
> on it!"
> 
> It's just not acceptable.

Ok, last try at a compromise.  If I commit the fix to todo before you
put your fix back in is that a sufficient show of good faith and a
sufficient apology for having let it slide as long as it has?  If
possible I would like this to end on at least a slightly more amicable
note than where it currently appears to be headed.

As was said, the lack of action on this was due to having more things
we can/should be doing than will ever actually get done combined with
bad luck on the timing of your requests.  Nothing more.  Some stuff we
should do simply will never get done.  5.3-RELEASE can happen if the
todo list is a bit behind reality.  This was never meant as a
purposeful directed act against you.  I do however see how it could be
interpreted as a lack of appreciation for your work.  It was never
intended as such and having apparently left you with that impression
I do apologize for.

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