Re: cvs commit: src/games/fortune/datfiles freebsd-tips

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Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org>
Date
18 Jan 2005 08:35:28
Subject
Re: cvs commit: src/games/fortune/datfiles freebsd-tips
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20050118083524.GL79181@wantadilla.lemis.com


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On Tuesday, 18 January 2005 at  9:12:37 +0100, Wilko Bulte wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 18, 2005 at 09:58:29AM +1030, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote..
>> On Monday, 17 January 2005 at 10:06:12 +0000, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
>>> phk 2005-01-17 10:06:12 UTC
>>>
>>> FreeBSD src repository
>>>
>>> Modified files:
>>> games/fortune/datfiles freebsd-tips
>>> Log:
>>> Minor bit of advice.
>>
>> +%
>> +If you receive email from the grim reaper, you can silence him and
>> +keep your bit for another year with a token commit to a fortune(6)
>> +or calendar(1) data file.
>>
>> I don't think this is appropriate. Please back out.
>
> Appropriate or not, it is technically accurate..

Nobody disputed that.

The questions are:

1. Do we want to tell beginners how to circumvent the intentions of
the project?
2. Do we want to tell committers how to circumvent the intentions of
the project?

The whole thing reeks of a nasty, snide comment. Is this the
impression that the FreeBSD project wants to cultivate? There are
enough trolls out there already.

Greg
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