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SubjectRe: Linus is on a powertrip..
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>> "k" == kwrohrer  <kwrohrer@ce.mediaone.net> writes:

k> And lo, Aaron Tiensivu saith unto me:
>>
>> > This is _exactly_ the same thing that made me hate vger when
>> > it came to networking patches. And I'm going to ask David
>> > once again to just shut vger down, because these problems
>> > keep on happening.
>> >
>> > Linus
>>
>> You do realize that your powertrip lately is really hurting
>> Linux development.
k> Linus is, and has always been, the undisputed final sanity
k> check on what goes into the main Linux kernel. Yes this is
k> power, but he doesn't seem to be tripping on it at the moment.
k> He is complaining (and rightfully so) that patches in vger are
k> not being sent to him in a sane, intelligible form, and that
k> people are blaming him for not having the time (and sanity) for
k> integrating them anyway. It's people who find problems,
k> understand them well enough to write a patch, and DON'T BRING
k> IT TO LINUS, that are holding Linux back, if anyone...and I
k> somehow doubt Linus would want to call the current CVS snapshot
k> "Linux 2.2.0" anyway, so that "if" goes double.

Ugh. Usually I'm only following this list to see what's happening in
the Linux world. But sorry, I can't resist: seeing this mess makes me
happy that I'm running and tracking FreeBSD, where there is a single
CVS source for everything (kernel *and* userland) without such issues;
not to say that there are never conflicts, but at least it is clear
what the single source for the system is, and everyone can view it
(see every single source line being changed) and about 80 people can
directly commit changes. It creates stability, unity and a steady
progress.

I think it would be very beneficial for Linux to adopt the same model.
It is really a pity that the most popular free UNIX is so chaotic, and
it's only becoming worse. Please don't misunderstand me: I'm not
trying to pursuade anyone into FreeBSD, but I just wish that the most
important free UNIX (which is Linux at the moment) would be more
coherent and better organized.

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