ports-system priorities rant (Re: sysutils/cfs)

Jason Hellenthal jhell at DataIX.net
Wed Sep 14 04:24:48 UTC 2011


This is about the most rediculous thread that I have read all year yet I
was not surprised at ?all?

On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 09:27:34PM +0200, Julian H. Stacey wrote:
> Chris Rees wrote:
> > On 12 September 2011 22:18, Julian H. Stacey <jhs at berklix.com> wrote:
> > > Matthias Andree wrote:
> > >> >> An obscure piece of software is undesirable (and shouldn't be ported in
> > >> >> the first place).
> > >> >
> > >> > Bullshit!
> > >>
> > >> I think that suffices.  If the discussion is getting emotional, we
> > >> should stop it.
> > >
> > > No. You should stop advocating killing ports, or leave, or be revoked.
> > > FreeBSD would be better without immature ports slaughterers.
> > >
> > 
> > Julian,
> > 
> > Your arguments have become excessively ad-hominem, and please don't
> > think you're upsetting anyone in the slightest with them.
> > 
> > Use rational and technical arguments, or take a break.
> > 
> > Chris
> 
> Revised reply as I subsequently notice Chris Rees lack of attribution
> falsely implies I wrote stuff I did not.
> 
> >	>> >> the first place).
> >	>> >
> >	>> > Bullshit!
> I did not write that.  That was
> 	From Erik Trulsson <ertr1013 at student.uu.se> 
> 	In reply to Matthias Andree
> 	Fri, 9 Sep 2011 07:22:10 +0200
> 	http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-ports/2011-September/070018.html
> 
> Seems Chris's butcher colleague Matthias annoyed Erik too.
> 
> Further Chris's unattributed chunk
> 
> >	> Bullshit!
> >	
> >	I think that suffices.  If the discussion is getting emotional, we
> >	should stop it.
> 
> Was not from or to me, but was:
> 
> 	From: Matthias Andree <mandree at freebsd.org>
> 	Date: Fri, 09 Sep 2011 18:06:30 +0200
> 	To: Erik Trulsson <ertr1013 at student.uu.se>
> 	http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-ports/2011-September/070075.html	
> 
> Only Chris's final bit had me as sender or recipient, namely:
> 
> >	> I think that suffices.  If the discussion is getting emotional, we
> >	> should stop it.
> >
> >	No. You should stop advocating killing ports, 
> 
> which was not to Chris but was:
> 
> 	From Julian H. Stacey jhs at berklix.com
> 	Tue Sep 13 08:44:10 UTC 2011
> 	To Matthias Andree
> 	http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-ports/2011-September/070164.html
> 
> Chris's lack of attribution checking was misleading, but not suprising,
> Chris Rees it was who wanted to kick out procmail. Poor judgement.
> 
> A few ports butchers should lose commit bits before ports/ will be safe again.
> 
> Cheers,
> Julian
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