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From: "Eric S. Raymond" <esr@thyrsus.com>
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Subject: Re: [parisc-linux] Re: OK, let's try cleaning up another nit. Is anyone paying attention?
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David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>:
> esr@thyrsus.com said:
> >  Even supposing that's so, a 36% rate of broken symbols is way too
> > high.  It argues that we need to do a thorough housecleaning at least
> > once in order to get back to an acceptably low stable rate.
> 
> Accepted. Can we let the 2.4 "angry penguin"-enforced stabilising period
> finish, and give the arch and subsystem maintainers a chance to finally
> brave the wrath of Linus and submit their patches, before we attempt do to
> it though?

I guess so.  We don't particularly have a choice, do we? :-)
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