Messages in this thread | | | From | Daniel Phillips <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Remove Bitkeeper documentation from Linux tree | Date | Sat, 20 Apr 2002 20:13:48 +0200 |
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On Sunday 21 April 2002 19:55, Jeff Garzik wrote: > On Sat, Apr 20, 2002 at 07:48:44PM +0200, Daniel Phillips wrote: > > On Sunday 21 April 2002 19:22, Jeff Garzik wrote: > > > Daniel Phillips wrote: > > > > How much less convenient is it to click on a link? So much harder that it's > > > > worth pissing off some key developers? > > > > Linus has already explained why he put it into the kernel sources. > > > So far the only argument I've seen is: it's convenient. Did I miss something? > > The convenience argument is bogus. A url is just as convenient, > > If you say this, then you either missed, or are willfully ignoring, > what Linus said. Search for the string "helsinki.fi".
Linus said:
> As to why the docs are in the kernel sources rather than on any web-sites: > it's simply because I don't even _have_ a web page of my own (I've long > since forgotten the password to my old helsinki.fi account ;),
Larry has offered to host it, so Linus's argument is answered.
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