Re: Linux 2.4.16

From: H. Peter Anvin (hpa@zytor.com)
Date: Tue Nov 27 2001 - 03:08:29 EST


Followup to: <20011127135847.A22859@bee.lk>
By author: Anuradha Ratnaweera <anuradha@gnu.org>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
>
> It is still not okey to include even _small_ changes, because it is hard to
> define what small is. Although we are sure that is is going to break,
> Murphey's laws may get in ...;)
>
> So better have a _policy_ of not doing so.
>

Sorry, but you have just crossed the line of what is reasonable to
demand of other people. If you don't trust the maintainers and want
to maintain such a policy, fork the kernel and start maintaining it
yourself.

     -hpa

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