Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: the " 'official' point of view" expressed by kernelnewbies.org regarding reiser4 inclusion | From | Russell Cattelan <> | Date | Tue, 25 Jul 2006 14:13:01 -0500 |
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On Sun, 2006-07-23 at 01:20 -0600, Hans Reiser wrote: > Jeff, I think that a large part of what is going on is that any patch > that can be read in 15 minutes gets reviewed immediately, and any patch > that is worked on for 5 years and then takes a week to read gets > neglected. This is true even if line for line the 1 week to read patch > is more valuable. What is more is that people know this is > irrational, but aren't able to cure it in themselves. Even I have a > problem of paying too much attention to endless 5 minute emails when I > know I should instead, say, read the compression plugin from beginning > to end. > > There is nothing about small patches that makes them better code. There > is no reason we should favor them, if the developers are willing to work > on something for 5 years to escape a local optimum, that is often the > RIGHT thing to do. > > It is importand that we embrace our diversity, and be happy for the > strength it gives us. Some of us are good at small patches that evolve, > and some are good at escaping local optimums. We all have value, both > trees and grass have their place in the world. > Which is summed up quite well by: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_of_the_bikeshed
It seem to be a well know tendency for people to want to be involved in some way, thus keeping to much of the development cycle internal tends to generate friction.
-Russell Cattelan cattelan@xfs.org
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