On 17/10/2017, Gerald Henriksen <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, 17 Oct 2017 09:09:23 -0400, you wrote: > >>Who cares? Why are we even talking about stupid proprietary NVidia crap >>on DF mailing lists at the moment of release of the most advanced file >>system on the face of the planet? > > We are talking about it because a prospective new Dragonfly user asked > if it would support his hardware. > > We are talking about it because as exciting as the new file system is, > not to mention all the other hardwork done to make a bunch of other > improvements to Dragonfly, all of that does no good to a user who > can't run Dragonfly. > > By being polite and courteous, and ensuring correct information is > available, there is the possibility that someone might decide to use > their time to improve the experience of those of us who do have NVIDIA > hardware by either porting Nouveau or the binary driver. > > Almost all open source projects need more contributors, and I doubt > Dragonfly is the exception. By being polite and courteous, and > respecting other peoples opinions or choices (ie. not calling it > "stupid") you help to make Dragonfly a more welcoming destination for > someone who wants to contribute to an open source project, whether it > be dealing with the NVIDIA hardware issue or other areas that likely > could use help like writing documentation, testing, helping to port > packages, etc. > >
Thank you for that. I think that you said it all, quite well. -- Bret Busby Armadale West Australia .............. "So once you do know what the question actually is, you'll know what the answer means." - Deep Thought, Chapter 28 of Book 1 of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: A Trilogy In Four Parts", written by Douglas Adams, published by Pan Books, 1992 ....................................................
