Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 17 Apr 1996 13:37:04 +0000 (GMT) | From | "James L. McGill" <> | Subject | Re: 1.3.89.90 version number? |
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Linus, you work harder than anybody else I know.
Your efforts make a lot of things possible for us that would not be easy to accomplish without Linux, or the community that built around it.
I see this mistake as something that (a) doesn't matter and (b) anybody running a zero-day kernel should know how to fix it, myself included. (In this case, I really thought I had unpacked my source to the wrong path or something, then got confused and put my foot in my mouth, and broadcast. Shame on me :-)
I know how it feels to make a simple mistake and get dozens or hundreds of criticisms from clients, but it is generally for a "job". The fact that Linux is/has always been a labour of love for you, as opposed to a "job" should place you beyond criticism for anything that you do with Linux. There are few people in the world that would continue on a project at the level you have shown, and there are just as few who can produce the quality that you do.
Don't sweat it!
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On Wed, 17 Apr 1996, Linus Torvalds wrote:
torvalds} torvalds} torvalds} On Wed, 17 Apr 1996, James L. McGill wrote: torvalds} > torvalds} > Is the version in the 1.3.90 Makefile 1.3.89, or did I screw up this time torvalds} > and should try again? torvalds} torvalds} Waahh! I admit it, I forgot to update the Makefile. You can all stop torvalds} mailbombing me now (I think I had 50 mails in the last few hours that torvalds} pointed this out to me). torvalds} torvalds} I will never again forget to update the Makefile. torvalds} I will never again forget to update the Makefile. torvalds} I will never again forget to update the Makefile. torvalds} I will never again forget to update the Makefile. torvalds} I will never again forget to update the Makefile. torvalds} I will never again forget to update the Makefile. torvalds} I will never again forget to update the Makefile. torvalds} I will never again forget to update the Makefile. torvalds} I will never again forget to update the Makefile. torvalds} I will never again forget to update the Makefile. torvalds} I will never again forget to update the Makefile. torvalds} torvalds} There, torvalds} torvalds} Linus torvalds}
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