On Wed, 27 Apr 2011 16:42:26 -0700 Charlie Kester <corky1...@comcast.net> articulated:
> On Wed 27 Apr 2011 at 16:15:19 PDT Jerry wrote: > > > >Following through on that logic, only the highest priority items > >would ever get done. Since there is a never ending list of things > >that have to be done at any given time, the lowest priority ones > >would never get any attention. > > Which is as it should be, if it's true that we're faced with > insufficient resources. I hope, no, I pray that one of your PR's falls into that category. I can't wait to see how long it takes your ass to get online bitching and moaning about the lack of attention given to your trivial submission. > The problem is that we don't have any objective way to determine > priorities. Instead we leave this up to the personal interests and > whims of the people involved -- maintainers AND committers. If you had actually been paying attention rather than cherry picking assignments you would have noticed that this thread was about implementing a more effective protocol for handling submissions. The axiomatic statement, "Lead, follow, or get out of the way." by Thomas Paine would seem apropos. -- Jerry ✌ jerry+po...@seibercom.net Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __________________________________________________________________ You can lead a horse to water, but you can't stop him from running off into the desert and dying of thirst. _______________________________________________ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"