Re: Backporting DFly patches to FreeBSD?

[EM1897@xxxxxxx]

In a message dated 2/21/2005 11:20:24 AM Eastern Standard Time, "Devon H. 
O'Dell" <dodell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

>On Mon, 2005-02-21 at 11:14 -0500, EM1897@xxxxxxx wrote:
>> In a message dated 2/21/05 3:09:15 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
>> dodell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
>> 
>> >Good code is a good first step.
>> >
>> >It's really not a contest, nor is it a war. If it is, I'd like someone
>> >to please tell me so I can get out of it.
>> 
>> If your goal in life is simply to "do" something, then your chances
>> of doing it well are diminished. The goal of being the best, if for no
>> other satisfaction than being able to stand on your desk and 
>> beat your chest, is the only goal worth working towards.
>
>If your goal in life is to be the best in everything, you might achieve
>that goal, but you will generally lose a lot of friends in doing so.
>Being diplomatic about it is a necessity. When developing for DragonFly,
>please feel free to do so with all your pride. When advocating
>DragonFly, please do not bash everybody else.
>
>If the above is unreasonable, I want no part in it.

You don't lose friends arguing over such trivial things. All
you do is confirm that you weren't really friends in the 
first place. When someone tells me I'm wrong about 
something I take it as a challange to prove him wrong. And
I usually don't feel compelled to share whatever fruits there
might be with them when I'm done.