Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 27 Dec 2001 10:59:55 -0700 | From | Richard Gooch <> | Subject | Re: The direction linux is taking |
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Alan Cox writes: > > So you just do what Linus does: delete those questions without > > replying. No matter what system you use, if you want to avoid an > > overflowing mailbox, you either have to silently drop patches, and/or > > silently drop questions/requests/begging letters. There isn't really > > much difference between the two. > > The problem is that if Linus is simply ignoring you then you don't > know why, A simple "Clean up the ifdefs" would make a lot of > difference. If someone sent a patch its because they hit something > they felt needed fixing and as far as they can tell fixed it. If you > want them to go elsewhere ignore them, but its much more useful to > give them at least brief answers to actual patch files
Oh, don't get me wrong. I agree completely. A short two minute reply is not that much to ask for, and I wish Linus would be more responsive. And apply bugfix patches (I've been trying for weeks to get him to apply my patches to fix a bunch of Oopses:-(). But years of observations tells me that Linus likes the way he does things and doesn't care if others don't like it. I don't expect to see much change there.
But the point I was making was that a patch management system doesn't really make things harder to drop/ignore. If you're comfortable with ignoring patches (which take *work* to construct), then it's no stretch to ignore questions (which often take little work to send).
Regards,
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