Re: lpd: the thin edge of the wedge?

On Monday, 23 February 2026 at 20:55:27 -0600, Mark Linimon wrote:
>> On 02/23/2026 8:43 PM CST Greg 'groggy' Lehey <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> I've asked numerous times, but nobody has told me whether they
>> have spoken with the OpenBSD project about it.  And what about
>> NetBSD or DragonflyBSD?
>
> Have _you_ spoken to them?

Not yet.  First I wanted to understand what has happened so far.  But
I certainly will do so if nobody else has.

> So, where are all these magical entities who are supposed to do the
> boring daily grindy work like this?

They're collectively called the FreeBSD project.  That was point 1 of
my message.  I'm well aware of manpower limitations, thust the order
of my suggestions.

> Have they ascended to another plane, or are they just tired, old,
> people like me?

... or me.  Most are younger than you or I are.  And yes, the project
demographic is changing, but that's for a different rant.

Greg
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