Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 30 Apr 2008 07:51:31 -0700 (PDT) | From | Linus Torvalds <> | Subject | Re: Slow DOWN, please!!! |
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On Wed, 30 Apr 2008, David Newall wrote: > > I don't claim BSD to be perfect, but it appears to have a consistently > good quality.
Lol. You should try VMS. Now *there* was a stable system.
Oh, but it didn't actually make any progress, did it?
The fact is, we're merging a lot. It comes from having a lot of development. If you don't want that, then you're a fool - because you aren't looking at the long term.
> Old Linux kernels also have that; new ones not so.
Can you point to any actual stability problem?
The problem under discussion is the fact that some people are unhappy because we had some merge trouble. The fact is, the problems got fixed in a few days. And yes, we will probably will have to make Ingo follow the rules that pretty much everybody else also follows, and no, it's not going to solve all problems either - the fundamental issue is that we are just too damn good at development.
And that's not a big problem in my view, as long as we are also also able to handle the _result_ of that flood of patches. Which, quite frankly, we are.
DavidN, you just have an agenda, and you think that mentioning BSD as some kind of shining example of goodness is a good way to reach that agenda. It isn't. It just shows that you don't understand the issue, and that you think that "threatening" developers by saying you'll switch is a great way to make PR.
But you know what? I really don't care one _whit_ what you do. You can switch to Vista for all I care, and I really don't mind. All I care about is doing a good job technically.
And you just show that you don't have a clue what you are talking about. If you want stable kernel, don't follow the current -git tree. Don't mind the fact that in two weeks we merge
6672 files changed, 373817 insertions(+), 285901 deletions(-)
and instead look at something like the enterprise kernels or other tree that lags the development tree by half a year or more exactly _because_ they care about stable, not development.
In short: what do you think the git tree is? Is it something that should prioritize good developmnent, or is it something that should worry about you making inane arguments? Ask yourself that.
Linus
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