Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 20 Apr 2002 12:33:26 -0700 (PDT) | From | Linus Torvalds <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Remove BK docs ... + x86-64 2.5.8 sync |
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On 20 Apr 2002, Andi Kleen wrote: > > I don't buy that - I'm not getting changes from any new magical BK "men in > > black". The patches are the same kind they always were, the last few > > entries in my changelog are now the x86-64 merge (which was half a meg, > > and yes it wasn't posted on linux-kernel, but no, it never was before BK > > either), and before that the extensively discussed SSE register content > > leak patch. > > I didn't post the huge patch on l-k because the last time I sent large > patches to l-k I got flamed badly by people who still seem to use 9600 > baud modems[1] to read mail.
Note: I did in no way try to blame Andi on this: quite the reverse. I'm saying that this was how it worked back before BK too - the bulk of the patches literally come to me as "private" patches, and they aren't cc'd to linux-kernel.
(Side note: that doesn't mean that they haven't had comments on the mailing lists, or that earlier versions or at least parts of them haven't been sent on the kernel list).
> I don't want to use BitKeeper because I don't like open logging. I hope > I can continue to maintain the x86-64 port even without being part > of the inner bitkeeper circle.
Absolutely - as you noticed I accepted the patch, even though there was a clash (with a released kernel) in there.
> It would be good if you did e.g. > a pre patch for every change that could require action from architecture > or other maintainers as sync point (i guess that could be made easy with > the appropiate script)
This is why I think it might be a good reason to just have a daily script: not just to create the patches, but also to kind of keep a running commentary on the kernel list on what I've merged..
Linus
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