Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 3 Jun 2002 12:11:43 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 3 Jun 2002 12:11:42 -0400 Received: from mark.mielke.cc ([216.209.85.42]:3602 "EHLO mark.mielke.cc") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 3 Jun 2002 12:11:41 -0400 Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2002 12:05:54 -0400 From: Mark Mielke To: Wayne.Brown@altec.com Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: If you want kbuild 2.5, tell Linus Message-ID: <20020603120554.A29569@mark.mielke.cc> In-Reply-To: <86256BCD.0055567F.00@smtpnotes.altec.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Jun 03, 2002 at 10:29:10AM -0500, Wayne.Brown@altec.com wrote: > Keith Owens wrote: > >It is a sad day when a fully tested and documented system that is > >faster and, above all, more accurate, cannot get into the kernel. > >Linus is judging kbuild 2.5 on its popularity and on personalities, not > >on its technical merits. > Right, make Linus do what you want by impugning his technical > judgment, calling him a liar, and asking people to flood his mailbox > with complaints. Sure, THAT will work. It is still unfortunate that all contributions, especially larger scale ones, cannot be openly accepted and embraced. It isn't as if the change is overly invasive... if both system can operate in parallel, the impact is significantly less. Alas, we have these things called precidents and processes that attempt to hone the quality of releases at the cost of potential productivity. Keith: I do not think Linus is discouraging kbuild 2.5 due to popularity or personalities. I suspect he is discouraging it due to a healthy fear of the precident that it would set, as well as the chance that it would require a great deal more work and you and your collaborators all get hit by a bus ( or get a life? :-) ) tomorrow morning. I'm not certain where the line is for 'breaking the change up', such that the effort does not become substantially more, but the requirement for the line has been decreed. mark -- mark@mielke.cc/markm@ncf.ca/markm@nortelnetworks.com __________________________ . . _ ._ . . .__ . . ._. .__ . . . .__ | Neighbourhood Coder |\/| |_| |_| |/ |_ |\/| | |_ | |/ |_ | | | | | | \ | \ |__ . | | .|. |__ |__ | \ |__ | Ottawa, Ontario, Canada One ring to rule them all, one ring to find them, one ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them... http://mark.mielke.cc/ - 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/