Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752668AbaG1PSq (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Jul 2014 11:18:46 -0400 Received: from mail-vc0-f179.google.com ([209.85.220.179]:34730 "EHLO mail-vc0-f179.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751052AbaG1PSn (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Jul 2014 11:18:43 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20140728100914.GH31950@carfax.org.uk> References: <20140728100914.GH31950@carfax.org.uk> Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2014 11:18:42 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Help with Brtfs Bugs From: Nick Krause To: Hugo Mills , Nick Krause , Josef Bacik , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-btrfs@vger.kernel.org SYSTEM list:BTRFS FILE" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 6:09 AM, Hugo Mills wrote: > On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 12:00:03AM -0400, Nick Krause wrote: >> Hey Josef, >> Seems there are a lot of brtfs bugs open on the kernel Bugzilla. I am >> new to the brtfs >> side of development so please let me known if you want help cleaning >> up some of the >> bugs here that are actually valid and still open. > > Make up your mind... this is the third unrelated idea you've had > about working in the area of btrfs. You're bouncing around all over > the place like a hyperactive puppy. Pick *one* thing, and just do it. > Put in the effort to learn about the subsystem (read my earlier emails > for a good approach here). Accept that there are no easy one-liners in > the kernel. The path to writing your first kernel patch is *hard*. > Don't give up at the first hint that each thing isn't going to be > solved in 5 minutes. > > Hugo. > > -- > === Hugo Mills: hugo@... carfax.org.uk | darksatanic.net | lug.org.uk === > PGP key: 65E74AC0 from wwwkeys.eu.pgp.net or http://www.carfax.org.uk > --- What part of "gestalt" don't you understand? --- I will work on my idea of compression for brtfs then. Regards Nick -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/