lkml.org 
[lkml]   [2005]   [Jul]   [2]   [last100]   RSS Feed
Views: [wrap][no wrap]   [headers]  [forward] 
 
Messages in this thread
    /
    Date
    From
    SubjectRe: reiser4 vs politics: linux misses out again
    On Sat, Jul 02, 2005 at 09:05:41AM -0400, Ed Cogburn wrote:
    > Assuming "fast and cool" here equates to some level of improvement to the
    > existing kernel, and/or new features/capabilities not currently available,
    > then are you saying "fast and cool" isn't good enough anymore, you now have
    > to be politically correct and socially popular and a master brown-noser as
    > well to get code into the kernel even just on an *experimental* basis?
    >
    > In reality, the implied attitude behind your statement actually *guarantees*
    > a fork of Linux at some point down the road if you keep stonewalling the
    > inclusion of something that clearly has enormous potential, because for
    > many people "fast and cool" IS THE DESIRED OBJECTIVE, and by saying no to
    > that, YOU are the one setting the stage for a fork.

    In fact such a fork would be a great thing. Let people play fast and loose
    who want to do that, and if they don't manage to break it and the feature
    is still cool a while later we clean it up and merge it into Linux proper.

    -
    To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
    the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org
    More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
    Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

    \
     
     \ /
      Last update: 2005-07-02 17:04    [W:3.774 / U:0.000 seconds]
    ©2003-2020 Jasper Spaans|hosted at Digital Ocean and TransIP|Read the blog|Advertise on this site