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Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2002 17:15:15 +0100
From: Russell King <rmk@arm.linux.org.uk>
To: Daniel Phillips <phillips@bonn-fries.net>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] Remove Bitkeeper documentation from Linux tree
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On Sat, Apr 20, 2002 at 06:10:12PM +0200, Daniel Phillips wrote:
> On Sunday 21 April 2002 17:59, Russell King wrote:
> > I've been trying to get you to quantify this further.  So far, all we've
> > seen are half-sides of the story.  Please give the full story:
> > 
> > 1. Quantify how much discussion about GNU patches there is on LKML in
> >    total.
> > 2. Quantify how much discussion about BK merges there is on LKML.
> 
> I already did both, and posted the results.

Yes you did.  The results were meaningless without reference to which
gets into Linus' tree and which don't.

> If you want to dispute my
> (unscientific) results then please repeat my survey or carry out one in
> accordance with your own, presumably higher standards.

Shrug - I'm not going to waste my time trying to prove _your_ point to
myself.

> Right.  I made the conjecture,

Correct, and it isn't up to me to prove it.

> if you wish to verify/disprove it then feel
> free.  I did my share of the work already.

I therefore consider this matter inadequately proven and closed.

-- 
Russell King (rmk@arm.linux.org.uk)                The developer of ARM Linux
             http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/personal/aboutme.html

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