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Subject: Re: A modest proposal -- We need a patch penguin
To: torvalds@transmeta.com (Linus Torvalds)
Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2002 23:03:51 +0000 (GMT)
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From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
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> Maybe they did, and maybe they didn't.  If somebody doesn't tell me that
> they are resolved, and that the people who would actually _use_ and
> maintain this interface agrees on it, how can you expect me to ever
> apply a patch?

Ok now I'm confused. What is the criteria that decides "Im waiting silently
for everyone to guess I need answers from two people whom you must deduce
from telepathy" versus "bugger this lets rip this out and try xyz's approach"
 - which you also do at times without everyone being remotely happy on the
subject.

Alan
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