On Wed, Jun 30, 1999 at 08:02:06PM -0500, Stan Shkolnyy wrote:
> On Wed, 30 Jun 1999, Nik Clayton wrote:
> > Sorry it's taken me a while to reply to this; ironically, most of my time
> > has been spent on freebsd-doc recently.
> >
> > On Sat, Jun 26, 1999 at 12:03:59PM -0500, Constantine Shkolny
On Wed, Jun 30, 1999 at 08:02:06PM -0500, Stan Shkolnyy wrote:
> On Wed, 30 Jun 1999, Nik Clayton wrote:
> > Sorry it's taken me a while to reply to this; ironically, most of my time
> > has been spent on freebsd-doc recently.
> >
> > On Sat, Jun 26, 1999 at 12:03:59PM -0500, Constantine Shkolny w
On Wed, 30 Jun 1999, Nik Clayton wrote:
> Sorry it's taken me a while to reply to this; ironically, most of my time
> has been spent on freebsd-doc recently.
>
> On Sat, Jun 26, 1999 at 12:03:59PM -0500, Constantine Shkolny wrote:
> > I've come to understanding that lack of documentation is prob
On Wed, 30 Jun 1999, Nik Clayton wrote:
> Sorry it's taken me a while to reply to this; ironically, most of my time
> has been spent on freebsd-doc recently.
>
> On Sat, Jun 26, 1999 at 12:03:59PM -0500, Constantine Shkolny wrote:
> > I've come to understanding that lack of documentation is proba
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:I guessed I freaked some people out when I declared that I wanted to
:work on the VM system, discussions in the first few months went with
:half of core talking to me like I didn't know jack when I do know at
:least jack, but had to come up to speed on FreeBSDisms
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:I guessed I freaked some people out when I declared that I wanted to
:work on the VM system, discussions in the first few months went with
:half of core talking to me like I didn't know jack when I do know at
:least jack, but had to come up to speed on FreeBSDisms
On Wed, Jun 30, 1999 at 09:01:03PM +0100, Nik Clayton wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 26, 1999 at 12:03:59PM -0500, Constantine Shkolny wrote:
> > I've come to understanding that lack of documentation is probably one of
> > the factors that keep the system healthy,
>
> I've just spent five minutes trying t
On Wed, Jun 30, 1999 at 09:01:03PM +0100, Nik Clayton wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 26, 1999 at 12:03:59PM -0500, Constantine Shkolny wrote:
> > I've come to understanding that lack of documentation is probably one of
> > the factors that keep the system healthy,
>
> I've just spent five minutes trying to
Sorry it's taken me a while to reply to this; ironically, most of my time
has been spent on freebsd-doc recently.
On Sat, Jun 26, 1999 at 12:03:59PM -0500, Constantine Shkolny wrote:
> I've come to understanding that lack of documentation is probably one of
> the factors that keep the system heal
Sorry it's taken me a while to reply to this; ironically, most of my time
has been spent on freebsd-doc recently.
On Sat, Jun 26, 1999 at 12:03:59PM -0500, Constantine Shkolny wrote:
> I've come to understanding that lack of documentation is probably one of
> the factors that keep the system healt
Nick Hibma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Programmers need documentation too.
>
>And they are going to scream like mad if there isn't any. But in the end
>they start reading the code anyway, even if there is docu, because they
>don't trust anything but their own eyes and brain.
>
>It's all documen
Nick Hibma wrote:
>> Programmers need documentation too.
>
>And they are going to scream like mad if there isn't any. But in the end
>they start reading the code anyway, even if there is docu, because they
>don't trust anything but their own eyes and brain.
>
>It's all documented in C anyway.
No
Greg Lehey wrote:
> > I've come to understanding that lack of documentation is probably one of
> > the factors that keep the system healthy, because it keeps the unskilled
> > people away. I don't know whether it's true but I read in books that
> > reading code is one of the methods to learn prog
Greg Lehey wrote:
> > I've come to understanding that lack of documentation is probably one of
> > the factors that keep the system healthy, because it keeps the unskilled
> > people away. I don't know whether it's true but I read in books that
> > reading code is one of the methods to learn progr
On Saturday, 26 June 1999 at 12:03:59 -0500, Constantine Shkolny wrote:
> On Saturday, June 26, 1999 8:08 AM, Nick Hibma [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> wrote:
>>> Programmers need documentation too.
>>
>> And they are going to scream like mad if there isn't any. But in the end
>> they start reading th
On Saturday, 26 June 1999 at 12:03:59 -0500, Constantine Shkolny wrote:
> On Saturday, June 26, 1999 8:08 AM, Nick Hibma [SMTP:hi...@skylink.it]
> wrote:
>>> Programmers need documentation too.
>>
>> And they are going to scream like mad if there isn't any. But in the end
>> they start reading the
On Saturday, June 26, 1999 8:08 AM, Nick Hibma [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
wrote:
> > Programmers need documentation too.
>
> And they are going to scream like mad if there isn't any. But in the end
> they start reading the code anyway, even if there is docu, because they
> don't trust anything but
On Saturday, June 26, 1999 8:08 AM, Nick Hibma [SMTP:hi...@skylink.it]
wrote:
> > Programmers need documentation too.
>
> And they are going to scream like mad if there isn't any. But in the end
> they start reading the code anyway, even if there is docu, because they
> don't trust anything but th
On Sat, Jun 26, 1999 at 03:08:10PM +0200, Nick Hibma wrote:
>
> And they are going to scream like mad if there isn't any. But in the end
> they start reading the code anyway, even if there is docu, because they
> don't trust anything but their own eyes and brain.
ports system == really really l
On Sat, Jun 26, 1999 at 03:08:10PM +0200, Nick Hibma wrote:
>
> And they are going to scream like mad if there isn't any. But in the end
> they start reading the code anyway, even if there is docu, because they
> don't trust anything but their own eyes and brain.
ports system == really really la
> On Wed, Jun 23, 1999 at 07:20:56PM -0400, Chuck Robey wrote:
> > But one thing I like is, although FreeBSD *does* try to appease user
> > demands, it's controlled by programmers, not users, so if something is
> > a technically extemely evil idea, no matter how the masses yell for it,
> > it will
> On Wed, Jun 23, 1999 at 07:20:56PM -0400, Chuck Robey wrote:
> > But one thing I like is, although FreeBSD *does* try to appease user
> > demands, it's controlled by programmers, not users, so if something is
> > a technically extemely evil idea, no matter how the masses yell for it,
> > it will
Hi Chuck,
On Wed, Jun 23, 1999 at 07:20:56PM -0400, Chuck Robey wrote:
> But one thing I like is, although FreeBSD *does* try to appease user
> demands, it's controlled by programmers, not users, so if something is
> a technically extemely evil idea, no matter how the masses yell for it,
> it wil
Hi Chuck,
On Wed, Jun 23, 1999 at 07:20:56PM -0400, Chuck Robey wrote:
> But one thing I like is, although FreeBSD *does* try to appease user
> demands, it's controlled by programmers, not users, so if something is
> a technically extemely evil idea, no matter how the masses yell for it,
> it will
On Wed, 23 Jun 1999, Nik Clayton wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 23, 1999 at 04:39:28PM +0930, Greg Lehey wrote:
> > > But Mark illustrates my point perfectly; developers don't write
> > > documentation. That's what camp followers are for. So far, we have
> > > the ones that whine about the loot and throw
On Wed, 23 Jun 1999, Nik Clayton wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 23, 1999 at 04:39:28PM +0930, Greg Lehey wrote:
> > > But Mark illustrates my point perfectly; developers don't write
> > > documentation. That's what camp followers are for. So far, we have
> > > the ones that whine about the loot and throw
On Wed, 23 Jun 1999, Nik Clayton wrote:
[deleted cvs-all from the list of cc's, how'd it get there?
> On Wed, Jun 23, 1999 at 04:39:28PM +0930, Greg Lehey wrote:
> > > But Mark illustrates my point perfectly; developers don't write
> > > documentation. That's what camp followers are for. So fa
On Wed, 23 Jun 1999, Nik Clayton wrote:
[deleted cvs-all from the list of cc's, how'd it get there?
> On Wed, Jun 23, 1999 at 04:39:28PM +0930, Greg Lehey wrote:
> > > But Mark illustrates my point perfectly; developers don't write
> > > documentation. That's what camp followers are for. So far
On Wed, Jun 23, 1999 at 04:39:28PM +0930, Greg Lehey wrote:
> > But Mark illustrates my point perfectly; developers don't write
> > documentation. That's what camp followers are for. So far, we have
> > the ones that whine about the loot and throw mud at us when we march
> > too slowly, but not
On Wed, Jun 23, 1999 at 04:39:28PM +0930, Greg Lehey wrote:
> > But Mark illustrates my point perfectly; developers don't write
> > documentation. That's what camp followers are for. So far, we have
> > the ones that whine about the loot and throw mud at us when we march
> > too slowly, but not e
On Tuesday, 22 June 1999 at 23:52:25 -0700, Mike Smith wrote:
In case FreeBSD wants to enter commercial environments, we have to behave
like behaving in commercial environments.
>>>
>>> Ok, so let's follow Microsoft's industry-leading documentation standards.
>>
>> He said "commercial",
On Tuesday, 22 June 1999 at 23:52:25 -0700, Mike Smith wrote:
In case FreeBSD wants to enter commercial environments, we have to behave
like behaving in commercial environments.
>>>
>>> Ok, so let's follow Microsoft's industry-leading documentation standards.
>>
>> He said "commercial", n
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