Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 26 Oct 2004 02:06:54 +0200 (CEST) | From | Roman Zippel <> | Subject | Re: BK kernel workflow |
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Hi,
On Mon, 25 Oct 2004, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> In short, BK isn't the problem. You are.
I think you're making it yourself way too easy.
There is a certain ego problem, that makes a more rational discussion about the real influence of bk rather difficult. bk makes it in first place easier to apply and merge a lot of patches, but patches still have to be written, reviewed and maintained. The ability to handle big amounts of patches includes also the possibility to merge a lot of crap. What keeps up the general quality? It would be a lot easier to give Larry some credit here, if he hadn't already taken it all.
There is a certain license problem, which very effectly keeps out a lot of those people, who might have other ideas for managing the kernel sources and improving the development process. The "protecting IP" talk is complete bullshit, one doesn't need direct access to figure out how it works. There are a few free SCM systems out there, that use very similiar mechanism, they of course still need to work out the details, but it's no magic and just takes times. Being able to import the kernel repository into them would be a great way to test them, but unfortunately all the free testing is reserved for bk, as usual the winner takes it all and the losers eat the dust, isn't that how open source works...?
Blaming Andrea for this mess is of course easy, but it doesn't solve anything and misses the point, the only thing Andrea is to blame for is that he is not very diplomatic, but that's unfortunately a trait seldom found under hackers. Ignoring the problems and silencing the critics doesn't solve anything and I would be more concerned if nobody would object anymore, when Larry is on one of his ego trips.
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