On Tue, Nov 28, 2017 at 11:43:15PM +0100, leo_...@volny.cz wrote: > Haai, > > I think it's about time I write this. > > I am De Zeurkous. I used the nick 'schaafuit' (originally devised for a > prank elsewhere) in an attempt not to let past preconceptions (for those > who don't know, I have a somewhat bad history with the NetBSD project) > rule the present. The story about using my bf's e-mail address is true, > however; the only act of deception was the assumption of another nick. > > Despite ongoing personal problems (which are not at all relevant here), > I extended my UNIX experience considerably since 2007 (the year of the > NetBSD trouble). Things have settled considerably for me since then, so > I suggest that we let the past be the past and focus on what has been > happening recently. > > I admit to having some troll blood in my veins. However, I have been > here to contribute to OpenBSD discussion and have found myself genuinely > distraught the many times it descended into outright flamage. If that > makes me too soft material for OpenBSD, as Theo at least once implied, > well, so be it. > > Now that is out of the way, I can get to the point. > > In all honesty, I have come to the sad conclusion that the various BSD > projects, with their leaders being full of entitlement, don't really > appreciate what UNIX is all about (nevermind that gnu weenies are even > worse in this regard). > > As dmr often pointed out (though perhaps not quite in the terms that I > will use here), UNIX is about community. I'd even argue that early UNIX > sites were like families, anticipating each other's needs and building > upon individual strenghts to achieve something that was not just > technically adequate, but something to be proud of. Unfortunately, I can > no longer verify this with dmr, but I'd imagine that UNIX did not just > feel familiar, but like something shared and even homely. > > Unfortunately, UNIX development seems to have become profoundly > seperated from UNIX use. Whether related or not, it also appears to have > become a bare battle of egos, something that is quite alien to me, and > to UNIX itself as well. > > I chose OpenBSD because of its somewhat desirable technical properties, > and I had hoped to be able to contribute. Alas, I am forced to concede > that for me this is not possible, as I appear to have quite different > goals (and a very different mindset) from its principal contributors, > despite my profound appreciation for the project's focus on security. > > Now, by this point, you might suspect that I have some alternative in > mind, and possibly in development; this is indeed the case. You might > also suspect that I'm going to plug it here; however, I won't. > > Since I have no particular desire to be a disruptive force to anyone, > I will leave you folks to your project. > > And me to mine =) > > Best of luck and greetings, > > Baai, > > --zeurkous. > > P.S.: attached is a main(3) header file and manual page, as a little... > 'going-away present'. > > -- > Friggin' Machines!
--- main.3.orig Tue Nov 28 17:24:40 2017 +++ main.3 Tue Nov 28 17:25:40 2017 @@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ .Nm routine normally returns .Dv 0 -on succes; otherwise, a different value is returned (but see +on success; otherwise, a different value is returned (but see .Sx NOTES , below). .Sh NOTES
