Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sun, 21 Apr 2002 13:20:00 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sun, 21 Apr 2002 13:19:59 -0400 Received: from theirongiant.weebeastie.net ([203.62.148.50]:59312 "EHLO theirongiant.weebeastie.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sun, 21 Apr 2002 13:19:58 -0400 Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2002 03:16:29 +1000 From: CaT To: Daniel Phillips Cc: Linus Torvalds , Anton Altaparmakov , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Suggestion re: [PATCH] Remove Bitkeeper documentation from Linux tree Message-ID: <20020421171629.GK4640@zip.com.au> In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i Organisation: Furball Inc. Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Apr 19, 2002 at 11:02:04PM +0200, Daniel Phillips wrote: > > That would actually make the development process MORE open than it was > > before BK, and might make even non-BK people appreciate BK more simply > > because there is a real point to it. > > Well, it would be more like working in a fishbowl anyway. The part that's > missing is the discussion. Just looking at the recent traffic... there's Ok. I admit I haven't read through the entire thread. It's a wee bit big and painful so excuse me if this has already been suggested but... If this is the biggest (or one of the biggest) sticking points then why not get BK to email the lk mailing list when there's a patch submitted with a desc of the patch and the patch itself (if the patch is over size x then a link could be emailed out instead of the patch so as not to overly spam ppls mailboxes) and maybe a short email indicating wether or not Linus has accepted the patch and it's going in. If that's a bit too much email then maybe a summary could be compiled every hour or so and emailed out? To me this looks like it'd allow those who want to use BK to continue using BK and those who don't don't get to miss out on any patches being put in and they'll also have the traditional medium of flamage^wfeedback that everyone knows and loves easily available to them. This would then generate discussion as ppl have the patch shoved under their noses as it appears to have been the case before and generally would not disturb those who want to use BK as they do now (except via the possible consequences that the extra visibility of the patches would provide). Anyhow, my apologies if I've babbled (it's 3:15am) and if this has been suggested somewhere amongst the 100-150 or so msgs in this thread (I only read the first 20-30 at the beginning and a select few in the middle). -- DANGEROUS TREND: American Children Are Trying to Masturbate With Electronic Abdominal Exercise Machines! http://www.landoverbaptist.org/news0302/abtoner.html - 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/