Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 15 Feb 2002 14:59:50 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 15 Feb 2002 14:59:38 -0500 Received: from pc1-camc5-0-cust78.cam.cable.ntl.com ([80.4.0.78]:17344 "EHLO pc1-camc5-0-cust78.cam.cable.ntl.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 15 Feb 2002 14:59:27 -0500 Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2002 19:58:18 +0000 From: Arjan van de Ven To: "Eric S. Raymond" Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Disgusted with kbuild developers Message-ID: <20020215195818.A3534@pc1-camc5-0-cust78.cam.cable.ntl.com> In-Reply-To: <20020215135557.B10961@thyrsus.com> <200202151929.g1FJTaU03362@pc1-camc5-0-cust78.cam.cable.ntl.com> <20020215141433.B11369@thyrsus.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <20020215141433.B11369@thyrsus.com>; from esr@thyrsus.com on Fri, Feb 15, 2002 at 02:14:33PM -0500 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Feb 15, 2002 at 02:14:33PM -0500, Eric S. Raymond wrote: > Arjan, I would dearly love to get useful feedback on why things like my > Configure.help patches weren't applied. It would be a delight like > water in the desert to *hear* some reasons! > > But I think you know very well that the usual flow looks like this: > > 1. You throw a patch over the wall to Linus. > > 2. Either it shows up in the next release... > > 3. ...or you hear a vast and echoing silence. You're telling me Linus never mailed you about splitting up Configure.help ? - 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/