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Re: OpenBSD kernel janitors

From:  Theo de Raadt <deraadt-AT-cvs.openbsd.org>
To:  Artur Grabowski <art-AT-blahonga.org>
Subject:  Re: OpenBSD kernel janitors
Date:  Wed, 31 Oct 2007 09:49:03 -0600
Message-ID:  <200710311549.l9VFn3lh008816@cvs.openbsd.org>
Cc:  ttw+bsd-AT-cobbled.net, Marcus Andree <marcusandree-AT-gmail.com>, Miod Vallat <miod-AT-online.fr>, OpenBSD <misc-AT-openbsd.org>
Archive-link:  Article, Thread

> > surely there must be _some_ merit to creating a list of lower level
> > development tasks (as dictated by those with experience to judge) to
> > encourage people to enter the development cycle.
> 
> The most amusing thing about this thread is that such a list has been
> published for years (it's somewhat short right now, but there's some
> simple stuff in it) and is the first search hit when you search on one
> of the obvious queries on google.

Surely they are too busy whining at us for lists, to actually search
for the lists.

I'll say it again more clearly -- all of you whiners just plain suck.
We know you'll never write diffs, and it is up to you to prove us
wrong.  If you don't write diffs, we have a difficult time feeling any
loss.




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