Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 27 Nov 2001 10:57:29 +0100 | From | Helge Hafting <> | Subject | Re: Linux 2.4.16 |
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Anuradha Ratnaweera wrote: > > On Mon, Nov 26, 2001 at 09:44:04PM -0500, Jeff Garzik wrote: > > Anuradha Ratnaweera wrote: > > > > > > On Mon, Nov 26, 2001 at 10:30:08AM -0200, Marcelo Tosatti wrote: > > > > > > > > final: > > > > - Fix 8139too oops (Philipp Matthias Hahn) > > > > > > Won't that be a good idea to keep the -final the same as the last -pre? > > > > No. There is absolutely no reason not to fix this oops. > > I wasn't refering to 8139 driver, but the kernel release policy.
A "policy" is a simplification that isn't needed.
This fix could trivially be proved not to make things worse, so no reason at all to omit it. Policies, rules-of-thumb etc. is for management and others without detail knowledge. Those who know better shouldn't be limited by such rules. And they aren't. :-)
Of course it is possible to write down a detailed policy that even expert coders could agree to - but why bother? You wouldn't get it into a few lines...
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