Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Mon, 18 Sep 2000 16:57:22 -0600 | From | "Jeff V. Merkey" <> | Subject | Re: Availability of kdb |
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"J. Dow" wrote: > > Jeff et al who might prefer a kernel debugger, > > One should note that when a person or critter is backed into a corner > and pressured hard enough that he makes an "over my dead body" > level statement more pressure is likely to solidify the position rather > than change it. In the case of a critter it is tied up with survival. With a > person it is often tied up with "face". At this point Linus has been led > to making a very strong negative comment about kernel debuggers. > He is pretty much in a position now that "demands" he not change that > opinion lest he appear to be a weak leader. We were all foolish to > back him into a corner. > > I see an image of a penguin. He is wearing a bandana around his > forehead and cammie's for clothes. He is armed with an impressive > array of things which carve and cut and things which go bang and > boom and make holes in other things. He is glariing over the top of > a foxhole filled with even more such tools screaming, "You'll have that > kernel debugger in my main Linux build over my cold dead body!" > > Now, who makes the cartoon for that one? (And if the penguin had > a superficial resemblance to Linus it'd be DELIGHTFUL!)
I think Linus statements are sincere about his development philosophy, and I have a hard time accepting this characterization of his motives. From what I have heard from several folks who have worked with him for many years, he has espoused this view relative to kernel debuggers for a long time.
Jeff
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