Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 01 Aug 2007 15:09:12 +0800 | From | Carlo Florendo <> | Subject | Re: [ck] Re: Linus 2.6.23-rc1 |
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Hua Zhong wrote:
> I don't think it's the code superiority that decided the fate of the two > schedulers. When CFS came out, the fate of SD was pretty much already > decided. The fact is that Linus trusts Ingo, and as such he wants to merge > Ingo's code. Of course I cannot say it's wrong, and Ingo's earned this > it through years of hard work, but let's not kid ourselves and deny the > obvious fact.
I agree with you here. It's not simply code superiority that matters but a balance of attitude and the code's corroboration with numbers. Both had numbers to show but I think that one's attitude was preferred over the other.
> I think Con was simply too frustrated after years of rejection. He could > have been more diplomatic this time round. But no matter how he'd have > done, once Ingo decided to write a new scheduler, the outcome was pretty > much already decided. > > SD (and years of Con's work) inspired CFS. This is a fact. No matter how > smart and capable Ingo is, he needs inspiration to keep the good work going. > So I wish Ingo could work more closely with others and let them share a bit > more credit which would just produce even better work.
I don't see where credit was lacking. As far as I've observed, SD's author was given acknowledgment on what he did and even got praise.
Thank you very much.
Best Regards,
Carlo
-- Carlo Florendo Softare Engineer/Network Co-Administrator Astra Philippines Inc. UP-Ayala Technopark, UP Campus Diliman 1101 Quezon City, Philippines http://www.astra.ph
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