Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 2 Jun 2002 00:03:06 -0400 (EDT) | From | Ion Badulescu <> | Subject | Re: KBuild 2.5 Impressions |
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On Fri, 31 May 2002, Daniel Phillips wrote:
> > Are YOU willing to maintain it if Keith abandons it, though? > > That is pure FUD, shame on you.
FUD? Heh. No, it's a simple question and you haven't answered it.
> What I do not appreciate about Kai's effort is that it is divisive.
Read below. I don't have much time to waste on this topic, so I'll be brief.
> There is exactly one valid objection I've seen to kbuild 2.5 inclusion, > and that is the matter of breaking up the patch. Having done a quick > tour through the whole patch set, I now know that there are some > easy places to break it up:
And that's precisely the wrong way to break it up. You'll waste your time and you'll probably hit Linus' bit bucket in no time. Thank you very much, but I can split patches based on the files they touch by myself, I don't need your help.
What you and other very vocal proponents of kbuild25 don't understand is that you need break it up __functionally__. That is, add one feature at a time. That way, good features can be added without much of a discussion, and debatable features can be, well, debated.
Unfortunately, I don't see Keith doing this anytime soon. He's too much in love with his baby to risk seeing parts of it being thrown away, so he's taking an all-or-nothing attitude.
Fortunately, it is precisely what Kai is doing. He deserves a big THANKS for doing it, not your silly bashing. I also saw some good work on this from Sam Ravnborg on the list.
Anyway, EOT for me.
Ion
-- It is better to keep your mouth shut and be thought a fool, than to open it and remove all doubt.
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