Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 27 Dec 2001 13:42:30 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 27 Dec 2001 13:42:19 -0500 Received: from otter.mbay.net ([206.40.79.2]:19462 "EHLO otter.mbay.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id convert rfc822-to-8bit; Thu, 27 Dec 2001 13:42:14 -0500 From: John Alvord To: Richard Gooch Cc: Russell King , Alan Cox , Rik van Riel , Dana Lacoste , "'Eyal Sohya'" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: The direction linux is taking Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2001 10:41:05 -0800 Message-ID: In-Reply-To:

<20011227165752.A19618@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> <200112271738.fBRHcSd30844@vindaloo.ras.ucalgary.ca> In-Reply-To: <200112271738.fBRHcSd30844@vindaloo.ras.ucalgary.ca> X-Mailer: Forte Agent 1.8/32.553 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, 27 Dec 2001 10:38:28 -0700, Richard Gooch wrote: >Russell King writes: >> On Thu, Dec 27, 2001 at 04:33:50PM +0000, Alan Cox wrote: >> > Tridge wrote the system you describe, several years ago. Its called >> > jitterbug but it doesnt help because Linus wont use it >> >> Speaking as someone who _does_ use a system for tracking patches, I >> believe that patch management systems are a right pain in the arse. >> >> If the quality of patches aren't good, then it throws you into a >> problem. You have to provide people with a reason why you discarded >> their patch, which provides people with the perfect opportunity to >> immediately start bugging you about exactly how to make it better. >> If you get lots of such patches, eventually you've got a mailbox of >> people wanting to know how to make their patches better. > >So you just do what Linus does: delete those questions without >replying. No matter what system you use, if you want to avoid an >overflowing mailbox, you either have to silently drop patches, and/or >silently drop questions/requests/begging letters. There isn't really >much difference between the two. > > Regards, > > Richard.... Sounds like IP translated into human systems. We aren't surprised when a UDP packet is silently dropped for one of a thousand reasons. john alvord - 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/