Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261548AbVDSOV0 (ORCPT ); Tue, 19 Apr 2005 10:21:26 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261553AbVDSOVZ (ORCPT ); Tue, 19 Apr 2005 10:21:25 -0400 Received: from outpost.ds9a.nl ([213.244.168.210]:33210 "EHLO outpost.ds9a.nl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261548AbVDSOVS (ORCPT ); Tue, 19 Apr 2005 10:21:18 -0400 Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2005 16:20:23 +0200 From: bert hubert To: Chuck Wolber Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Development Model Message-ID: <20050419142023.GA14968@outpost.ds9a.nl> Mail-Followup-To: bert hubert , Chuck Wolber , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 892 Lines: 19 > that (at least for now) no *MAJOR* "rip it out, stomp on it, burn it and > start over" parts of the kernel exist any longer? In other words, do you These ideas continue to exist. This is partly due to increasing skills of developers but also to the changing environment. You'll find literally scores of commits that say 'this was a good idea when were were limited to 1024 filedescriptor' or the like. I think the tty layer has been ready to be ripped out and replaced for the past 10 years though. -- http://www.PowerDNS.com Open source, database driven DNS Software http://netherlabs.nl Open and Closed source services - 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/