svn commit: r211501 - in head/sys: modules modules/send netinet netinet6 sys

[Scott Long]

On Aug 22, 2010, at 2:16 PM, Doug Barton wrote:
> On 08/22/2010 12:42, M. Warner Losh wrote:
> 
>> I think you're drawing the wrong conclusion here.
> 
> Doubtful. :)
> 
>> My point is that we have trusted folks in the past to do the right
>> thing, even when they don't say they will.
> 
> And my point, which I will make one last time, is that this model hasn't worked. Yes, it works sometimes, but we still have a bunch of stuff that doesn't have _any_ man page at all. If we want to continue the transition to being a more professional OS that isn't acceptable.
> 
> I've already made the points about why working through the documentation _before_ committing is valuable, and that the simple step of requiring this is an easy way to make sure the problem we have doesn't get any worse. Clearly there isn't a lot of sympathy for either of these perspectives in the wider community, so c'est la vie.
> 
> But I was serious about my other comment, if you(pl.) are not willing to make a change to improve the situation, you lose the right to complain down the road when the man pages don't magically appear.
> 
>> towards Ann
> 
> Wrong name. :)
> 

Doug, you're being a grade-A asshole in this entire discussion.  The merits of your argument are being completely overshadowed by your patronizing attitude and over the top straw-man extremism.  Ana deserves an apology from you, and you would do well to consider apologizing to everyone involved.

Scott