Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262515AbUJ0Qyc (ORCPT ); Wed, 27 Oct 2004 12:54:32 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262543AbUJ0Qum (ORCPT ); Wed, 27 Oct 2004 12:50:42 -0400 Received: from clock-tower.bc.nu ([81.2.110.250]:37279 "EHLO localhost.localdomain") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262532AbUJ0Qrz (ORCPT ); Wed, 27 Oct 2004 12:47:55 -0400 Subject: Re: My thoughts on the "new development model" From: Alan Cox To: Paul Fulghum Cc: Diego Calleja , hzhong@cisco.com, nigelenki@comcast.net, espenfjo@gmail.com, Linux Kernel Mailing List In-Reply-To: <417EA679.1010207@microgate.com> References: <417E7EE6.50900@comcast.net> <014d01c4bb7d$0baba180$ca41cb3f@amer.cisco.com> <20041026205348.70b8a88f.diegocg@teleline.es> <417EA679.1010207@microgate.com> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <1098891117.4304.17.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 (1.4.6-2) Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 16:31:58 +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 656 Lines: 15 On Maw, 2004-10-26 at 20:33, Paul Fulghum wrote: > ...and probably suffer emotional scars from the process. > Taming the patch stream must be like drinking from a fire hose > while herding angry, computer literate cats. > Wearing, but not boring. For 2.2 certainly and I suspect for 2.4 it's also like that. The 2.6.x.[1-n] is more like distribution maintenance its about careful analysis and minimal changes. - 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/