Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 26 Apr 2007 15:04:06 -0400 | From | Bill Davidsen <> | Subject | Re: suspend2 merge (was Re: [Suspend2-devel] Re: CFS and suspend2: hang in atomic copy) |
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Matt Mackall wrote: > On Tue, Apr 24, 2007 at 11:29:56PM +0200, Pavel Machek wrote: >> We do not want to fragment the testing base, and suspend2 does not >> really have any interesting features over uswsusp. > > The testing base is already fragmented! > > What the current situation means is that you simply never hear from > the people who get fed up with suspend but who manage to get suspend2 > working. > I have to feel that having a *working resume* capability is "any interesting features" enough. What you say about "simply never hear from" is unfortunately true.
On 04/25/2007 05:30 PM EDT, Pavel Machek wrote:
>It is not Rafael's fault. Actually it is quite hard to work with >Nigel, because he implements every feature someone asks for, and wants >to merge them all :-( . I don't expect to ever agree with Nigel on >anything important, sorry.
The fact that Pavel thinks giving the users what they want is a problem certainly defines the difference between them, the populist "give them what they want" and the elitist "let's them make do with what I think they should have."
I do respect Pavel for all the stuff he has done and is doing, I wish I could have found a nicer way to say that.
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