Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754246AbXFVLY0 (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Jun 2007 07:24:26 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752219AbXFVLYT (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Jun 2007 07:24:19 -0400 Received: from emailhub.stusta.mhn.de ([141.84.69.5]:36239 "EHLO mailhub.stusta.mhn.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751909AbXFVLYT (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Jun 2007 07:24:19 -0400 Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2007 13:24:37 +0200 From: Adrian Bunk To: Al Boldi Cc: Michal Piotrowski , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: How to improve the quality of the kernel? Message-ID: <20070622112437.GK23017@stusta.de> References: <200706180141.41101.a1426z@gawab.com> <200706211641.28504.a1426z@gawab.com> <20070621135744.GO12950@stusta.de> <200706220033.13932.a1426z@gawab.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200706220033.13932.a1426z@gawab.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.15+20070412 (2007-04-11) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1524 Lines: 49 On Fri, Jun 22, 2007 at 12:33:13AM +0300, Al Boldi wrote: > Adrian Bunk wrote: > > On Thu, Jun 21, 2007 at 04:41:28PM +0300, Al Boldi wrote: > > > Adrian Bunk wrote: > > > > Talk is cheap, but unless YOU will do it your emails will only be a > > > > waste of bandwidth. > > > > > > Thanks, and good luck with involving people with this kind of response! > > > > It's simply how kernel development works - not by talking but by doing > > the work. > > This sounds like a brute-force approach, akin to hacking. > > I think it's much more productive to analyze the problem and then design a > solution accordingly. Sure, that's part of creating your solution. But when you've analyzed the problem and designed a solution, YOU have to implement it. > > Many people thought long-term maintainance for 2.6.16 wouldn't make sense. > > And I didn't start long discussions whether we need regression tracking - > > I simply did it. > > Maybe because you are a PRO. >... No, simply because I got my ass up. > Thanks! > Al cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed - 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/