Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262967AbUCYA2p (ORCPT ); Wed, 24 Mar 2004 19:28:45 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262942AbUCYAZ0 (ORCPT ); Wed, 24 Mar 2004 19:25:26 -0500 Received: from gprs214-165.eurotel.cz ([160.218.214.165]:11396 "EHLO amd.ucw.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262902AbUCYAX1 (ORCPT ); Wed, 24 Mar 2004 19:23:27 -0500 Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2004 01:23:02 +0100 From: Pavel Machek To: Michael Frank Cc: Nigel Cunningham , Linux Kernel Mailing List , Swsusp mailing list , Andrew Morton Subject: -nice tree [was Re: [Swsusp-devel] Re: swsusp problems [was Re: Your opinion on the merge?]] Message-ID: <20040325002302.GG290@elf.ucw.cz> References: <20040323214734.GD364@elf.ucw.cz> <200403231743.01642.dtor_core@ameritech.net> <20040323233228.GK364@elf.ucw.cz> <1080081653.22670.15.camel@calvin.wpcb.org.au> <20040323234449.GM364@elf.ucw.cz> <20040324101704.GA512@elf.ucw.cz> <20040324232338.GE290@elf.ucw.cz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: X-Warning: Reading this can be dangerous to your mental health. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1934 Lines: 54 On Čt 25-03-04 07:56:14, Michael Frank wrote: > On Thu, 25 Mar 2004 00:23:38 +0100, Pavel Machek wrote: > >On Čt 25-03-04 06:46:12, Michael Frank wrote: > >>On Wed, 24 Mar 2004 11:17:04 +0100, Pavel Machek wrote: > >Yes, having -nice patch with bootsplashes, translated kernel messages, > >and swsusp eye-candy would work for me. > > If a -nice _tree_ is useful, your guys just have to launch it. Gosh this > could reduce > arguments about what goes into the kernel and save Linus and Andrew lots of > work. Yes. > >Feel free to maintain it. > > Busy enough with testing, actually far too busy for being on a volunteer > basis ;) > > I am sure that better qualified and properly supported/sponsored individuals > will queue up as long as it is an _official_ -nice tree with the good > purpose > of centralizing useful non-core functions :) I'd say that having official -anything tree is an oxymoron (is -ac tree official? is -mm tree official?), but yes, I hope someone picks this up > >You see, 10 lines in printk is probably good enough reason not to > >include that patch in kernel, because its "too ugly". > > Pretty does not count above, Ugly does not count here, Functionality always > does. > Besides that patch might be in the -nice tree. Prettyness *does* count in -linus tree. -nice tree is likely to have different criteria. > >swsusp really should not have patch any code outside kernel/power. > > Which is extremely ideal, but one thing at the time... Okay, lets not please add more of outside changes (for -linus merge). Pavel -- When do you have a heart between your knees? [Johanka's followup: and *two* hearts?] - 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/