Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 1 May 2009 16:11:22 -0700 | From | David VomLehn <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 1/5] KERNEL: Support asynchronously-discovered boot devices, v4 (resend) |
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On Fri, May 01, 2009 at 01:22:58PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: > On Fri, 1 May 2009 09:58:03 -0700 > David VomLehn <dvomlehn@cisco.com> wrote: > > Yes, we do need a good name, so we are now guaranteed to be entering > > the Bike Shed Zone. > > Getting the name right is important! We live with the decision daily, > for years.
Please don't misunderstand; I was agreeing that we need a *good* name! And making the (intended to be humorous) comment about bike shedding.
> > I've avoided making any guarantees about this, but /sbin/init is implicitly > > the red line. If we make this explicit, we're probably back in the vicinity > > of the bike shed, but this should help frame any subsequent discussion > > in a concrete manner. > > Well, decisions which are made here can make the difference between > "computer boots" and "computer doesn't boot". That ain't bikeshed > painting.
Again, I agree on the importance of this. At the same time, we risk kickstarting an abstract and long-winded philosophical discourse on what the "right" choice is. It does seem as though these usually do yield, as a minimum, a better understanding of what we're doing, and I am all in favor of that.
David VomLehn
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