On Mon, Dec 02, 2002 at 09:37:00PM -0500, Peter Leftwich wrote: > On Tue, 26 Nov 2002, Cliff Sarginson wrote: > > Took the words right out of my mouth. > > Peter, these things get done by people doing them. That is the tautology > > of the situation. You might find your name in lights if you become that > > "someone" who does it. > > Does the "producer" (i.e. purse bearer) get a credit next to the programmer? > Could be. I will quote you something. Years ago I worked next to a programmer who was building at the time a very interesting information system for a bunch of book cataloguers (programmers may bitch aboiyt each other .. it ain;t nothing compared to what cataloguers do). Anyway I didn't write anything for this program but he put the following attribute to me in the main code file header:
"Many thanks to Cliff Sarginson for suggesting so many fine ideas. I suspect however he suggested so many because he didn't have to write them". > > Btw you might consider the use of the "refuse" file if you wish to not > > download certain ports or categories of ports. I suppose if you put > > everything in the "refuse" file you may still get the ports framework, > > for whatever that is worth. My refuse file eliminates all the ports for > > the languages I don't speak, anything to do with palms, the new > > financial category and some others. > > I have considered that but that was 1.33 seconds ago then I decided to come > to my senses and realize that your suggestion is a bottom-up approach. > preferred cvsup path for me would be a top-down approach (starting at the > tip of the pyramid with just what I want, rather than starting at the base > of the pyramid and eliminating 99.9999% of my choices). > Well it isn't that much work with Unix tools to hand. What you want is the opposite of the "refuse" file, you want an "accept" file. Well, as the man said, write it yourself, or pay the cost :) I would settle for 2*512MB of DDR 333 Memory...as the first sweetener. That would be for the "ground" work, feasibility study etc. Implementation would cost a bit more. Seriously, it will impress all your friends and neighbours here on the list :). You might get a nickname "Lefty the Hacker". -- Regards Cliff Sarginson The Netherlands [ This mail has been checked as virus-free ] To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
