Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 2 Jul 2005 15:59:28 +0100 | From | Christoph Hellwig <> | Subject | Re: reiser4 vs politics: linux misses out again |
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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.
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