Responding to a challenge

Anton Shterenlikht mexas at bristol.ac.uk
Mon Apr 19 11:22:33 UTC 2010


On Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 11:52:43PM -0400, Thomas Abthorpe wrote:
> edwin@ threw down this gauntlet when I accepted my recent hat,
> http://blogs.freebsdish.org/tabthorpe/2010/03/25/catching-up-on-recent-events/comment-page-1/#comment-13022
> 
> I have responded.  Sure it is lame, I am a porter, not a song writer!
> 
> ---
> 
> Something to Port
>   with apologies to Queen
> 
> Can anybody find me something to port?
> Each morning I get up looking at GNATS
> Can barely believe what I see
> Take a look on the mailing lists
> People, what are you doing to me?
> I have spent all these years closing PRs
> But I just can't get no relief!
> Somebody, somebody
> Can anybody find me something to port?
> 
> I work hard, working on ports
> I work until my brain hurts
> At the end of the day, I queue up my last job
> And I try to get some sleep
> Until I realise I didn't sync my tree
> Oh, somebody, somebody
> Can anybody find me something to port?
> 
> (He works hard)
> 
> Everyday, I try and I try and I try
> But the PRs keep on coming in
> My family thinks I am crazy
> The say, "You do this for free?"
> The say I need a new hobby
> Got no common sense
> I got nobody who understands me
> Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
> 
> Oh, somebody, somebody
> Can anybody find me something to port?
> 
> Got not feel, keep losing more sleep
> I just keep drinking more tea
> I'm ok, I'm alright
> Ain't gonna let them beat me
> I just gotta get out of this jail(8)
> Someday I'm gonna be free!
> 
> Find me something to port
> Can anybody find me something to port?
> 
> -- 
> Thomas Abthorpe		| FreeBSD Committer
> tabthorpe at FreeBSD.org	| http://people.freebsd.org/~tabthorpe

well done!
I laughed a lot at yours and the previous songs.

By the way, what is "bikeshed" in fbsd context?

anton

-- 
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