Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Sun, 2 Dec 2001 12:25:26 -0800 | From | Larry McVoy <> | Subject | Re: Coding style - a non-issue |
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On Sat, Dec 01, 2001 at 08:18:06PM -0300, Horst von Brand wrote: > Victor Yodaiken <yodaiken@fsmlabs.com> said: > > Linux is what it is because of design, not accident. And you know > > that better than anyone. > > I'd say it is better because the mutations themselves (individual patches) > go through a _very_ harsh evaluation before being applied in the "official" > sources.
Which is exactly Victor's point. That evaluation is the design. If the mutation argument held water then Linus would apply *ALL* patches and then remove the bad ones. But he doesn't. Which just goes to show that on this mutation nonsense, he's just spouting off. -- --- Larry McVoy lm at bitmover.com http://www.bitmover.com/lm - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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