This appears to be none of my business, not sure how it got to misc, besides someone's deep enough interest to create a special gmail (in eu) account.
Now I don't develop software, nor know anything, but this reads like the tree got locked because lots of testing was failing to occur, which sounds like a reasonable response to discovering lackluster/incomplete testing, but it's tone is much more like we're outing to the community some monster, I don't think I'm getting that from it. More like whining from someone who didn't get told exactly what they wanted to hear. I appreciate all the hard work and socially unpleasant work that goes into protecting my OS, thanks for all the effort. On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 12:46 PM, disgrun tled-developers < disgruntled.develop...@googlemail.com> wrote: > Just to keep the mortals in the loop, > > This date to day, on Tuesday the 13th of August 2002, Theo had another fit > and kicked out all the OpenBSD developers for a couple of days or so: > > > Subject: Re: dealing with security issues when Theo is away > > Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2002 10:25:08 -0600 > > From: Theo de Raadt <dera...@cvs.openbsd.org> > > > > None of this that you posted changes a single thing. > > > > I DID say who was responsible. > > > > Those people were not contacted. > > > > It seems you still don't understand the level of not caring that > > happened. > > > > I am taking a holiday next week. For that time, I think cvs will be > > turned off. > > > > Good god, reading even further, you are so fucking out of touch. > > There are only 3 machines on at my house at the moment, and you start > > talking about OTHER machines? > > > > NOONE PHONED ME. > > And: > > > Subject: And > > Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2002 17:35:30 -0600 > > From: Theo de Raadt <dera...@cvs.openbsd.org> > > > > If I don't get answers from the evasive developers soon, I am going to > > take this to misc, and I will be very open with naming names. > > > > This is now days of people trying to hide from what happened. > > ------ snip ---- snip ---- > > So Theo shut down all machines in his basement and none of the developers > had any access to the work they doing. > > I'd like to remind people that at this point we lost valuable developers > like Niels Provos which turns out the be one of the few who fully > understood > crypto and the security improvements like separation of privileges. Not to > forget Hugh, Aaron and a few others.... Others had their account re-enabled > after groveling. And all that over a misunderstanding that is to blame to > the fact that Theo had no written procedures on how to deal with 'issues'. > When Theo is away, you just 'wing it'. > > Today, we see the same shit all over again... Theo just announced the > following: > > ----- snip ---- snip ---- > > > To: hack...@cvs.openbsd.org > > Subject: Tree locked > > Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2010 10:03:05 -0600 > > From: Theo de Raadt <dera...@cvs.openbsd.org> > > > > I am locking all the trees until the development community decides > > how future releases will be done. > > > > Yes, we all have to do our part. We write code, and some people go > > further by building, and some people go even further by building > > during the release cycle. > > > > But everyone also has to test, or we will ship crap. Yet on random > > releases this process totally falls over, and we end up shipping crap. > > > > Three architectures did not have one of their boot methods checked -- > > yes, they are listed in the TESTS file! -- and the bugs were found > > very very late in the process. Basically 1 week after the TEST file > > went up. > > > > pkg_add turns out to have a major bug which would have been spotted if > > just a few other people had tested another line item in the TESTS > > file. > > > > That is ridiculous. > > > > I cannot accept all this pressure being on me; I want recognition that > > all the people who thus far have accused me for not being clear are > > wrong. > > we have developers in the group who cannot by themselves recognize -- > > even ANTICIPATE -- that we are going into the same 6-month release > > cycle, EVERY feb/march, and EVERY august/sept, and then participate to > > identify the 10 last stupid bugs that we should fix. Is there that > > little desire to ship a good release? > > > > It will not be fixed by sending more mails out. I did send out mails > > and they were ignored. Communication coming from me is not the > > problem; it is clear that developers are NOT LISTENING. > > > > The problem is not new developers either. Anyone accusing them has > > got it all wrong. New developers are supposed to learn the ropes from > > old developers, and it is the old developers who are not doing their > > part. Yes, that means you. > > > > 31 people tested, meaning 140 people did not. Any suggestions for > > people who have idled out and don't want to be involved any more? > > > > When we ship a crap release, it is not my fault. It is YOUR fault. > > > > So tell me how we are going to fix this. Don't reply just to me. > > > > As I said, I will not accept responsibility for what went wrong here. > > And if anyone wants their account disabled, please accuse me just once > > more. > > ----- snip ---- snip ---- > > And he picks on a few individuals: > > ----- snip ---- snip ---- > > > To: hack...@cvs.openbsd.org > > Subject: Testing > > Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2010 09:39:12 -0600 > > From: Theo de Raadt <dera...@cvs.openbsd.org> > > > > I would like to see some tests for the upcoming release from Henning. > > > > I hope this communication is clear enough. > > ----- snip ---- snip ---- > > > To: henn...@cvs.openbsd.org > > cc: hack...@cvs.openbsd.org > > Subject: Apology > > Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2010 09:44:45 -0600 > > From: Theo de Raadt <dera...@cvs.openbsd.org> > > > > I find myself unable to take back-talk from people discussing testing > > and then accusing me of having not done my job asking for testing, > > when they did not do their job. You did zero tests (everyone can > > check ~jsing/TESTS) over the 3 week period, yet you feel you can > > lecture me on why the testing procedure failed. > > > > I will enable your account when you find the time to apologize for > > your statements. > > > > I hope this mail is clear enough. > > ----- snip ---- snip ---- > > And now he comes up with this brilliant gem: > > ----- snip ---- snip ---- > > > To: hack...@cvs.openbsd.org > > Subject: Testing idea > > Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2010 10:16:01 -0600 > > From: Theo de Raadt <dera...@cvs.openbsd.org> > > > > How is this for a testing idea: > > > > - if you are part of the release build process (ie. building binaries > > for the release), all is good > > > > - if you work hard on finding and fixing a bug found during the > > release / testing process, all is good. > > > > - if your name is in the TESTS file, all is good > > > > - if you send me a mail describing circumstances that led you to not > > be able to test, all is good > > > > Otherwise, on the day the CDRs go to the plant your account will be > disabled > > 'due to inactivitity'. > > > > Is that where we should go? > > ----- snip ---- snip ---- > > Yes Theo, let's just go that road and you'll find yourself again in a same > spot as 8 years ago: wondering why everybody started bailing out on you. > > Not all of us accept not that you are doing the right thing, so we'll find > another sand box to play in. > > Enough of the bullshit... when is this project grow up and be run by a team > that is accountable (voted for?) and not a guy sitting in his livingroom in > his underwear ranting on ICB? > > H. > > -- /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign \ / Respect for low technology. 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