Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 3 Jun 2002 18:24:56 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 3 Jun 2002 18:24:55 -0400 Received: from otter.mbay.net ([206.55.237.2]:530 "EHLO otter.mbay.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id convert rfc822-to-8bit; Mon, 3 Jun 2002 18:24:55 -0400 From: John Alvord To: Diego Calleja Cc: Daniel Phillips , kaos@ocs.com.au, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: If you want kbuild 2.5, tell Linus Date: Mon, 03 Jun 2002 15:24:43 -0700 Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <3434.1023112731@ocs3.intra.ocs.com.au> <20020604001005.2e188689.diegocg@teleline.es> X-Mailer: Forte Agent 1.8/32.553 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, 4 Jun 2002 00:10:05 +0200, Diego Calleja wrote: >It'd be easier if Linus would say now: > >"KEITH, I'LL MERGE KBUILD 2.5" > > >but he must have some reason. Perhaps I don't understand it because I >haven't to make happy to such mass of people ;) Linus is doing things in his style. He has chosen a trusted lieutenant (Kai) who is not a committed "true believer". Kai will work through kbuild 2.5 and feed it to Linus in small batches. Keith will (should) work with Kai. Thus a delegation and filtering step so Linus doesn't have to understand every aspect of the change. Kai has done it before (ISDN code) and Linus trusts him. Management 101... john alvord - 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/