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From: Daniel Phillips <phillips@bonn-fries.net>
To: Jeff Garzik <garzik@havoc.gtf.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Remove Bitkeeper documentation from Linux tree
Date: Sat, 20 Apr 2002 20:13:48 +0200
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On Sunday 21 April 2002 19:55, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 20, 2002 at 07:48:44PM +0200, Daniel Phillips wrote:
> > On Sunday 21 April 2002 19:22, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> > > Daniel Phillips wrote:
> > > > How much less convenient is it to click on a link?  So much harder that it's
> > > > worth pissing off some key developers?
> 
> > > Linus has already explained why he put it into the kernel sources.
> 
> > So far the only argument I've seen is: it's convenient.  Did I miss something? 
> > The convenience argument is bogus.  A url is just as convenient,
>
> If you say this, then you either missed, or are willfully ignoring,
> what Linus said.  Search for the string "helsinki.fi".

Linus said:

> As to why the docs are in the kernel sources rather than on any web-sites:
> it's simply because I don't even _have_ a web page of my own (I've long
> since forgotten the password to my old helsinki.fi account ;),

Larry has offered to host it, so Linus's argument is answered.

-- 
Daniel
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