On Thu, 25 Jan 2001 mcmahill@mtl.mit.edu wrote:

> Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2001 01:03:18 -0500 (EST)
> From: mcmahill@mtl.mit.edu
> To: Thomas T. Thai <tom@minnesota.com>
> Cc: port-alpha@netbsd.org
> Subject: Re: softfloat - IEEE ready yet?
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> On Wed, 24 Jan 2001, Thomas T. Thai wrote:
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> > On Wed, 24 Jan 2001, Ross Harvey wrote:
> > 
> > > > re: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=netbsd-port-alpha&m=97854012425854&w=2
> > > >
> > > > first week of jan has pass, is softfloat for the alpha ready?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > 
> > > I've been communicating with Jason on this subject, but
> > > I see no reason to report to you about it.
> > > 
> > > If you would like to pay me for this work, or do it yourself,
> > > then things would be different. Otherwise, please shut up.
> > 
> > your kind and considerate words are appreciated. thank you for your
> > response. i wanted to get rid of the last two bugs which caused postgresql
> > to fail on NetBSD/Alpha before they release 7.1. i'm sure i'm not the only
> > one who would like to see some kind of reliable RDBM working on
> > NetBSD/Alpha.
> > 
> > i've been on the NetBSD mailing list since 0.8 days. i can say that up to
> > this point i've always respected the talents and wisdoms of the NetBSD
> > developers. tonight upon openning my e-mail, i have acquired a new
> > appreciation for attitude.
> 
> at the risk of speaking for Ross (who has been quite helpful toward me in
> the past), I can see how the wording of your inquery could cause such a

i agree with you. his work speak for themselves. he's done a wonderful
job.

> response.  Given that this is a volunteer project, it simply must take a
> back seat at times to whats going on in peoples other lives.  I'm also not
> saying you meant your inquery that way, but it did sound a little like
> 'hey, whats your problem you were supposed to do this, where is it', which
> sounds a bit more like a manager or paying customer attitude.

if the tone came across as such, it wasn't intended.

> I'm looking forward to IEEE support too, but since I'm getting something
> pretty nice for free, I'm happy to wait.
> 
> In general I think people here are pretty nice, helpful, and there's no
> question as to the huge volume of good work which is done for free.

agreed.