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SubjectRe: People need to say "no"
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lm@bitmover.com (Larry McVoy) said:

> : That said, I think you are over estimating our (the Linux community)
> : place in the development of Linux. Linus gets to decide.

> That's not the point at all. The point is whether we are learning
> anything or are we just counting on Linus to catch every bad idea we
> want to put into the kernel. We should be working smarter every day,
> not just working and hoping it is right. That means we should understand
> /why/ Linus says yes to some things and no to others.

Problem is, there are always newbie kernel hackers (wannabees?). How do
you propose to bring them up to speed instantly? I believe this list (for
one data point) has grown enormously lately...
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