Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 22 Apr 2002 02:32:13 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 22 Apr 2002 02:32:12 -0400 Received: from sydney1.au.ibm.com ([202.135.142.193]:56582 "EHLO wagner.rustcorp.com.au") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 22 Apr 2002 02:32:11 -0400 Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2002 16:33:45 +1000 From: Rusty Russell To: Alexander Viro Cc: torvalds@transmeta.com, spyro@armlinux.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: BK, deltas, snapshots and fate of -pre... Message-Id: <20020422163345.31a9172f.rusty@rustcorp.com.au> In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.7.4 (GTK+ 1.2.10; powerpc-debian-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, 21 Apr 2002 00:05:27 -0400 (EDT) Alexander Viro wrote: > As one of the guys who doesn't use BK _and_ had submitted a lot of patches > since Linus had started using it, I'm probably qualified to tell whether it > hurts or not, right? Well, it doesn't. So far the only difference was > in the quality (and latency) of changelogs and that was definitely welcome. "me too". Actually, I found it easier to get the Trivial patches in, and about the same for per-cpu and futex patches. I don't bk. When patches didn't go in, it's more due to Mingo Theorum[1] than being non-bk. And that's a Good Thing for calibrating my coding tastes upwards. Rusty. [1] Message-ID: -- there are those who do and those who hang on and you don't see too many doers quoting their contemporaries. -- Larry McVoy - 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/