Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 6 Aug 2008 13:50:08 +0300 | From | Adrian Bunk <> | Subject | Re: [malware-list] [RFC 0/5] [TALPA] Intro to a linuxinterfaceforon access scanning |
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On Wed, Aug 06, 2008 at 11:05:43AM +0100, tvrtko.ursulin@sophos.com wrote: > Greg KH wrote on 05/08/2008 21:26:21: > > > > [JON PRESS] I wouldn't call it lazy, actually. It's more like > > > "economical" or "ergonomic" -- or, dare I say it -- "user-friendly." > In > > > this case, the users are the AV vendors who will have to write to the > > > API that will come out of this spec. We will be more inclined to > > > appreciate the SDK (for want of a better term) if it covers all the > > > bases, rather than force us to go elsewhere for some of our > > > requirements. When we write SDKs, we try to make sure that our users > > > will find whatever they need. > > > > But realize that you are adding an overhead on us, the kernel community, > > to make your life easier. We are the ones that are taking our time to > > review and comment on this code. We are the ones who will have to live > > with this code for forever, and maintain it over the lifetime of linux. > > So far, you all have shown no willingness to give anything back to us at > > all. > > We all? How is that true? I for example wrote some code and am willing to > help maintain it if it gets accepted. And as you describe it, it would be > true for any submission because not all things are usefull for all people, > while everything is baggage for the community. And who is the community? I > thought all who take place in discussions, bug reporting, submitting code, > fixing bugs etc are the community.
As an observer of this thread:
- Some set of requirements suddenly appears out of the void on linux-kernel. - Noone is able and/or willing to exactly describe the problem(s) they are trying to solve.
With this status quo the discussion is going nowhere - Linux kernel development does not work this way.
The aim is not to include this code, but to find the best technical solution for your problem(s) - no matter whether this will have anything in common with the list of requirements and the code posted or not.
> Tvrtko
cu Adrian
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