Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S266051AbUAFBG6 (ORCPT ); Mon, 5 Jan 2004 20:06:58 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S266053AbUAFBG6 (ORCPT ); Mon, 5 Jan 2004 20:06:58 -0500 Received: from kweetal.tue.nl ([131.155.3.6]:15621 "EHLO kweetal.tue.nl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S266051AbUAFBGz (ORCPT ); Mon, 5 Jan 2004 20:06:55 -0500 Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2004 02:06:48 +0100 From: Andries Brouwer To: Linus Torvalds Cc: Andries Brouwer , Daniel Jacobowitz , Rob Love , rob@landley.net, Pascal Schmidt , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Greg KH Subject: Re: udev and devfs - The final word Message-ID: <20040106020648.A1153@pclin040.win.tue.nl> References: <20040104230104.A11439@pclin040.win.tue.nl> <20040105030737.GA29964@nevyn.them.org> <20040105132756.A975@pclin040.win.tue.nl> <20040105205228.A1092@pclin040.win.tue.nl> <20040106001326.A1128@pclin040.win.tue.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: ; from torvalds@osdl.org on Mon, Jan 05, 2004 at 03:32:03PM -0800 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 679 Lines: 20 On Mon, Jan 05, 2004 at 03:32:03PM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote: > > Something reproducible is better. > > And I've told you why reproducibility is a BAD THING > > Basically, if you cannot 100% guarantee reproducibility, > then the _appearance_ of reproducibility is literally a mistake. OK. We now understand perfectly each others point of view. It was a pleasure to provoke this discussion - can hardly wait for 2.7 :-) Andries - 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/