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Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2001 14:30:53 -0200 (BRST)
From: Rik van Riel <riel@conectiva.com.br>
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To: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
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Subject: Re: The direction linux is taking
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On Thu, 27 Dec 2001, Alan Cox wrote:

> > All in all, if such a system is ever going to exist, it
> > needs to _reduce_ the amount of work the kernel maintainers
> > need to do, otherwise it'll never get used.
>
> Tridge wrote the system you describe, several years ago. Its called
> jitterbug but it doesnt help because Linus wont use it

I don't care about Linus, he drops so many bugfixes
his kernel have done nothing but suck rocks since the
2.1 era.

This system could be useful for people who _are_ maintainers,
however.

regards,

Rik
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