On Fri, 31 May 2002, Daniel Phillips wrote:
> > Are YOU willing to maintain it if Keith abandons it, though?
>
> That is pure FUD, shame on you.
FUD? Heh. No, it's a simple question and you haven't answered it.
> What I do not appreciate about Kai's effort is that it is divisive.
Read below. I don't have much time to waste on this topic, so I'll be
brief.
> There is exactly one valid objection I've seen to kbuild 2.5 inclusion,
> and that is the matter of breaking up the patch. Having done a quick
> tour through the whole patch set, I now know that there are some
> easy places to break it up:
And that's precisely the wrong way to break it up. You'll waste your time
and you'll probably hit Linus' bit bucket in no time. Thank you very much,
but I can split patches based on the files they touch by myself, I don't
need your help.
What you and other very vocal proponents of kbuild25 don't understand is
that you need break it up __functionally__. That is, add one feature at a
time. That way, good features can be added without much of a discussion,
and debatable features can be, well, debated.
Unfortunately, I don't see Keith doing this anytime soon. He's too much in
love with his baby to risk seeing parts of it being thrown away, so he's
taking an all-or-nothing attitude.
Fortunately, it is precisely what Kai is doing. He deserves a big THANKS
for doing it, not your silly bashing. I also saw some good work on this
from Sam Ravnborg on the list.
Anyway, EOT for me.
Ion
--
It is better to keep your mouth shut and be thought a fool,
than to open it and remove all doubt.
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