Messages in this thread | | | From | Andrej Presern <> | Subject | Re: People need to say "no" | Date | Sun, 28 Feb 1999 12:43:38 +0100 |
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On Fri, 26 Feb 1999, Richard Gooch wrote: >Andrej Presern writes: >> On Fri, 26 Feb 1999, Theodore Y. Ts'o wrote: >> >Now, maybe we're all in space, but we've collectively written or been >> >responsible for a fairly large part of the kernel. (As Linus himself >> >stated in the last week's NYT Sunday Magazine article about Linux, he's >> >only responsible for writing maybe 5-10% of the kernel.) Maybe, just >> >maybe, we know something about clean kernel coding style. So when one >> >or more folks who have contributed quite a bit to the kernel takes the >> >time to look over a patch or a suggested idea, and makes some >> >constructive criticisms, don't you think it might be worthwhile to >> >listen, and not just depend on throwing shit at Linus and hoping he >> >knows how to reject the shit? >> >> Actually, people bitch at people who say no because they hope Linus >> WON'T:-))) After all, they want their stuff IN, not out of the >> kernel, and they're ready to discredit and invalidate each and every >> authority who draws the line instead of Linus (in other words, the >> only authority they are willing to submit and listen to, regarding >> Linux, is Linus). > >And of course, then there is also the reverse trend for "each and >every authority" to discredit some outsider who publishes unpalatable >ideas or results.
That's the other extreme. Halfway between is constructive cooperation.
Andrej
-- Andrej Presern, andrejp@luz.fe.uni-lj.si
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