how much beer do I need to get this patch applied?

[Kurt Buff]

On 6/20/07, Dan Rue <drue at therub.org> wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 20, 2007 at 11:50:23AM -0400, Javier Henderson wrote:
> > On Wed, 20 Jun 2007 10:13:06 -0500, Dan Rue wrote:
> > > On Wed, Jun 20, 2007 at 08:47:48PM -0700, Jo Rhett wrote:
> > >> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=bin/88486
> > >>
> > >> This patch was supplied 2 years ago now.  It doesn't change
> > >> current/ expected behavior but does allow those of us with many,
> > >> many systems  to not get useless e-mail.
> > >>
> > >> It's not even my patch!  I would simply like to see this done...
> > >
> > > I second that notion.  Isn't the *nix model to be quiet when
> > > everything is OK?
> >
> > So if it's quiet, is it because it's OK, or because it's too broken to
> > complain?
>
> If it's too broken to complain, then the behavior is the same with or
> without this patch.

Indeed, which is why this patch might not be such a good idea. In this
case, absence of evidence is indeed evidence of absence, which is
contrary to the general case.

Perhaps the OP needs a better way of dealing with the notifications
than simply turning them off.

My $US0.02

Kurt