Re: openntpd and ntpq

[Damien Miller <djm@mindrot.org>]

Darren Reed wrote:
> In some mail from Damien Miller, sie said:
>>I'd say that ntpd and bgpd are exemplars of this - I was able to
>>pick up bgpd and start making useful contributions after a couple of
>>hours reading it. Browsing the ntpd code, it seems similarly clear.
> 
> It shouldn't have taken a couple of hours of reading bgpd to start making
> useful contributions, ideally it should have only taken minutes...

This time frame suggests that you are either:

1) superhuman;
2) disinclined to attempt to understand the code that you
  "contributing" to; or
3) trolling

> I'd say more about the problems *I* see in the coding style, but clearly
> the people who are responsible for it think it is without fault and are
> not open to alternative views so I'd be wasting my time & effort.

If you offered patches instead of opinions, then they may be better
received.

-d