On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 10:17 AM, Conrad Meyer <c...@freebsd.org> wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 9:12 AM, Warner Losh <i...@bsdimp.com> wrote: > > > > On Fri, Aug 17, 2018, 10:05 AM Conrad Meyer <c...@freebsd.org> wrote: > >> We don't intend[sic] on tailoring it at all. > > > > We don't document such an exception... history tells me this belief may > be > > optimistic.. > > I think it is a generally understood convention re: contrib code. I > called out intent in the commit message for the directory, and anyway > it is generally frowned upon in the project to modify contrib code for > non-abandoned upstreams. E.g., there was quite a bit of resistance > modifying top(1) until it was deemed dead upstream and moved out of > contrib. > I don't understand this answer. It makes no sense to me. It certainly doesn't justify flaunting established project guidelines for dubious reasons. Warner _______________________________________________ svn-src-head@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/svn-src-head To unsubscribe, send any mail to "svn-src-head-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
