Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261622AbVCIVQw (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 Mar 2005 16:16:52 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262166AbVCIVQr (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 Mar 2005 16:16:47 -0500 Received: from a34-mta02.direcpc.com ([66.82.4.91]:28075 "EHLO a34-mta02.direcway.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261622AbVCIVMt (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 Mar 2005 16:12:49 -0500 Date: Wed, 09 Mar 2005 15:12:38 -0600 From: DHollenbeck Subject: 2.6.x.y gatekeeper discipline To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Message-id: <422F66C6.50208@softplc.com> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT X-Accept-Language: en-us, en User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20041217 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1854 Lines: 49 I had hoped that the proper discipline in rejecting non-critical patches would have pertained. I remain unconvinced that the .y releases are anything but noise that should have been kept elsewhere. After reading through a patch summary, I see this as typical: ---------------------- ChangeSet 2005/02/22 20:56:28-05:00, bunk @ stusta.de [diffview] [PATCH] drivers/net/via-rhine.c: make a variable static const This patch makes a needlessly global variable static const. Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik ---------------------------------- It's possible I simply don't get it, but the above description of a patch hardly seems like it would qualify for the intentions of the 2.6.x.y series. Is this typical, and is this in line with the intent of the x.y series? If this is going to achieve the objective, the gatekeeper has to be a real stubborn, unpopular horse's ass it seems, with a sign on his forehead that reads: GO AWAY AND COME ANOTHER DAY! Somewhat disappointedly, Dick -- Please help fix the U.S. software industry before it is too late. Contact your U.S. representatives with this information: http://lpf.ai.mit.edu/Patents/industry-at-risk.html http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20041003041632172 - 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/