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To: perry@piermont.com
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Subject: Re: the state of PRs. 
Reply-To: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
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Date: Tue, 19 Dec 1995 10:13:58 -0800
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On Tue, 19 Dec 1995 13:07:02 -0500 
 "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@piermont.com> wrote:

 > I think that if people don't want to get a periodic report here there
 > ought to be some easy way for folks to monitor how many we have out
 > there. Also, listing them publically will give us an incentive not to
 > publically embarass ourselves by letting the list grow too long.

I think that the _real_ incentive for fixing PRs should be having pride 
in one's product.  That issue aside, however, this is a _volunteer_ 
organization.  We all put in a lot of hard work (and long hours, and 
sleepless nights, etc.).  Some have families.  Most have other things 
_besides_ NetBSD that make up their lives.  I don't really see how the 
added pressure of actively advertising the bug list as an incentive to 
work harder is really going to accomplish anything.  That's just not the 
way one motivates volunteers.

 > The fact that we have stuff outstanding for years, though, is a bit
 > embarassing...

Yup, it is.  Though, it sort of begs the question: "How many were fixed 
and just not closed?"  Maybe a good start would be to run though the "how 
to reproduce" sections and see how many of the Really Old ones still have 
any meaning?

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