Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 17 Oct 2001 13:12:53 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 17 Oct 2001 13:12:32 -0400 Received: from gannet.scg.man.ac.uk ([130.88.94.110]:47120 "EHLO gannet.scg.man.ac.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 17 Oct 2001 13:12:30 -0400 Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2001 18:12:57 +0100 From: John Levon To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Making diff(1) of linux kernels faster Message-ID: <20011017181257.B94101@compsoc.man.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: <3BCAB9B1.2F85F523@yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.19i X-Url: http://www.movement.uklinux.net/ X-Record: Truant - Neither Work Nor Leisure X-Toppers: N/A Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Oct 17, 2001 at 09:59:35AM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote: > Who's the maintainer for "diff" these days? This change seems small and > simple enough that they might accept it, and I'd love to see it. I'll > probably do this in my copy anyway, but it would be nicer to not have to > patch it specially.. afaict, there is no maintainer. The stated maintainer has been ignoring patches for years. regards john -- "There are two kinds of fool. One says, 'This is old, and therefore good.' And one says, 'This is new, and therefore better'." - John Brunner - 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/