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Received: by minnie.vk1xwt.ampr.org with NNTP id AA1624 ; Tue, 23 Feb 93 14:50:58 EST Xref: sserve comp.unix.bsd:11399 comp.os.386bsd.misc:5 Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd,comp.os.386bsd.development,comp.os.386bsd.misc Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!saimiri.primate.wisc.edu!usenet.coe.montana.edu!nate From: nate@cs.montana.edu (Nate Williams) Subject: Re: NeoSoft and the Patchkit (was Re: Patchkit Patches 00077 through 00082 Now Available) Message-ID: <1993Feb19.032310.13917@coe.montana.edu> Sender: usenet@coe.montana.edu (USENET News System) Organization: Dept. of Computer Science, MSU, Bozeman Mt 59717 References: <1993Feb15.170522.397@coe.montana.edu> <C2M1oo.3ty@sugar.neosoft.com> <C2MqyA.K9M@sugar.neosoft.com> Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1993 03:23:10 GMT Lines: 49 In article <C2MqyA.K9M@sugar.neosoft.com> karl@NeoSoft.com (Karl Lehenbauer) writes: >If anyone saw my what-should-we-do posting don't bother responding. > >I feel bad and it is hard not to be angry at Nate for "giving us" the >patchkit and then "taking it away from us." If anyone is interested in what happened, email BOTH me and Karl and we can tell you our versions of the story. Rather than starting a flame- fest here, I'll leave it at that. > >After he deleted files from a NeoSoft directory on ref without consulting us >it became really, really hard to not be absolutely furious. > >Further, I think it really sucks that he would make those patches unavailable >to everyone without getting them into "his" kit. It had nothing to do with "my" kit, but if you are going to provide patches in the patchkit format, provide patches in the patchkit format. Don't provide patches that didn't fit the standard, and would cause more grief than help. > >But in a spirit of cameraderie with the net we are *not* going to try to >usurp Nate's unilateral plan to pass his mantle on to Jordan. That's great. It would be great if you could help out Jordan with the new patchkit, but if that is not something your comfortable with, then that's your choice. >Regards, > >Karl Lehenbauer >Member of Technical Staff >NeoSoft >-- >-- Email info@NeoSoft.com for info on getting interactive Internet access. >"I didn't have time to write a short letter, so I wrote a long one instead." >-- Twain Happy to be out of the patchkit co-ordination business, Nate -- osynw@terra.oscs.montana.edu | A hacker w/out a home. work: (406) 994-5991 | Keeper of the Unofficial 386BSD Bug Report home: (406) 586-0579 | Please send bugs and/or fixes you find.