svn commit: r184610 - in head: lib/libusb20 share/man/man4 sys/conf sys/dev/sound/pcm sys/dev/usb2 sys/dev/usb2/bluetooth sys/dev/usb2/controller sys/dev/usb2/core sys/dev/usb2/ethernet sys/dev/usb...

[Bruce M. Simpson]

M. Warner Losh wrote:
> ...
> : > So the question is, why was this code imported at all?
> : 
> : Seconded, especially since it says the code was reviewed by you Warner in
> : the commit log.
>
> Unfortunately, most of my reviews were ignored, as were those of a
> great many other people.  There's lots of pressure for this code from
> the user community.  It is an experiment, one that may well ultimately
> fail.

Or ultimately succeed. I have every confidence in Alfred's ability to 
see things through.

It is better that this is happening now, after the SVN import, therefore 
the change cost may not be so great as it may have been with CVS.

One of the long-standing problems with FreeBSD is that we have been too 
conservative in what we've allowed into the code base. There are sound 
and compelling reasons why we have such rules, however, it's worth 
remembering that competition has been able to get a foothold in various 
key areas that could have been expanded into.

The fact is, at the end of the day, it's about how things get used, so 
perhaps an experiment in user-driven development isn't so bad (for some 
value of "user" other than large corporate sponsor giving code away 6-12 
months after something happened).

cheers
BMS