diff --git a/FAQ/misc.sgml b/FAQ/misc.sgml index abe980b962..daf3745eff 100644 --- a/FAQ/misc.sgml +++ b/FAQ/misc.sgml @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -<!-- $Id: misc.sgml,v 1.15 1999-03-27 15:48:06 nik Exp $ --> +<!-- $Id: misc.sgml,v 1.16 1999-04-08 14:36:30 des Exp $ --> <!-- The FreeBSD Documentation Project --> <sect> @@ -328,5 +328,101 @@ Systems Research Group) chose for their Unix distribution way back when. - </sect> + <sect1> + <heading>How many FreeBSD hackers does it take to change a lightbulb?</heading> + <p>One thousand, one hundred and seventy-two: + + <p>Twenty-three to complain to -current about the lights being + out; + + <p>Four to claim that it is a configuration problem, and that + such matters really belong on -questions; + + <p>Three to submit PRs about it, one of which is misfiled under + doc and consists only of "it's dark"; + + <p>One to commit an untested lightbulb which breaks buildworld, + then back it out five minutes later; + + <p>Eight to flame the PR originators for not including patches + in their PRs; + + <p>Five to complain about buildworld being broken; + + <p>Thirty-one to answer that it works for them, and they must + have cvsupped at a bad time; + + <p>One to post a patch for a new lightbulb to -hackers; + + <p>One to complain that he had patches for this three years ago, + but when he sent them to -current they were just ignored, and he + has had bad experiences with the PR system; besides, the + proposed new lightbulb is non-reflexive; + + <p>Thirty-seven to scream that lightbulbs do not belong in the + base system, that committers have no right to do things like + this without consulting the Community, and WHAT IS -CORE DOING + ABOUT IT!? + + <p>Two hundred to complain about the color of the bicycle shed; + + <p>Three to point out that the patch breaks style(9); + + <p>Seventeen to complain that the proposed new lightbulb is + under GPL; + + <p>Five hundred and eighty-six to engage in a flame war about + the comparative advantages of the GPL, the BSD license, the MIT + license, the NPL, and the personal hygiene of unnamed FSF + founders; + + <p>Seven to move various portions of the thread to -chat and + -advocacy; + + <p>One to commit the suggested lightbulb, even though it shines + dimmer than the old one; + + <p>Two to back it out with a furious flame of a commit message, + arguing that FreeBSD is better off in the dark than with a dim + lightbulb; + + <p>Forty-six to argue vociferously about the backing out of the + dim lightbulb and demanding a statement from -core; + + <p>Eleven to request a smaller lightbulb so it will fit their + Tamagotchi if we ever decide to port FreeBSD to that platform; + + <p>Seventy-three to complain about the SNR on -hackers and -chat + and unsubscribe in protest; + + <p>Thirteen to post "unsubscribe", "How do I unsubscribe?", or + "Please remove me from the list", followed by the usual footer; + + <p>One to commit a working lightbulb while everybody is too busy + flaming everybody else to notice; + + <p>Thirty-one to point out that the new lightbulb would shine + 0.364% brighter if compiled with TenDRA (although it will have + to be reshaped into a cube), and that FreeBSD should therefore + switch to TenDRA instead of EGCS; + + <p>One to complain that the new lightbulb lacks fairings; + + <p>Nine (including the PR originators) to ask "what is MFC?"; + + <p>Fifty-seven to complain about the lights being out two weeks + after the bulb has been changed. + + <p><em><url url="mailto:nik@freebsd.org" name="Nik Clayton"> + adds:</em> + + <p><em/I was laughing quite hard at this./ + + <p><em/And then I thought, "Hang on, shouldn't there be '1 to + document it.' in that list somewhere?"/ + + <p><em/And then I was enlightened :-)/ + + + </sect>