lkml.org 
[lkml]   [1999]   [Feb]   [26]   [last100]   RSS Feed
Views: [wrap][no wrap]   [headers]  [forward] 
 
Messages in this thread
/
Date
From
SubjectRe: People need to say "no"
Andrej Presern writes:
> On Fri, 26 Feb 1999, Theodore Y. Ts'o wrote:
> >Now, maybe we're all in space, but we've collectively written or been
> >responsible for a fairly large part of the kernel. (As Linus himself
> >stated in the last week's NYT Sunday Magazine article about Linux, he's
> >only responsible for writing maybe 5-10% of the kernel.) Maybe, just
> >maybe, we know something about clean kernel coding style. So when one
> >or more folks who have contributed quite a bit to the kernel takes the
> >time to look over a patch or a suggested idea, and makes some
> >constructive criticisms, don't you think it might be worthwhile to
> >listen, and not just depend on throwing shit at Linus and hoping he
> >knows how to reject the shit?
>
> Actually, people bitch at people who say no because they hope Linus
> WON'T:-))) After all, they want their stuff IN, not out of the
> kernel, and they're ready to discredit and invalidate each and every
> authority who draws the line instead of Linus (in other words, the
> only authority they are willing to submit and listen to, regarding
> Linux, is Linus).

And of course, then there is also the reverse trend for "each and
every authority" to discredit some outsider who publishes unpalatable
ideas or results.

Regards,

Richard....

-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

\
 
 \ /
  Last update: 2005-03-22 13:50    [W:1.691 / U:0.108 seconds]
©2003-2020 Jasper Spaans|hosted at Digital Ocean and TransIP|Read the blog|Advertise on this site