Re: [ck] Re: Linus 2.6.23-rc1 -- It does not matter who's code getsmerged!

From: Carlo Florendo
Date: Wed Aug 01 2007 - 03:12:25 EST


Arjan van de Ven wrote:
Let me repeat the key message:

It does not matter who's code gets merged.
It does not matter who's code gets merged.
It does not matter who's code gets merged.
It does not matter who's code gets merged.

What matters is that the problem gets solved and that the Linux kernel
innovates forward.

This, I think, is what really really matters in the end.

I've had several cases myself where I spent quite some time solving a
problem, just to get some random remark from someone smart on lkml
saying "if you had done <this simple thing> you would have had <this
simple and superior solution>". Was I pissed off that my patch didn't
get merged but that this better approach got picked? NO! The problem
that I needed to solve got solved in a really good way. Mission
accomplished.

(and merging the code that is cleaning up/smallest is a reasonable one
to pick for someone like Linus, likewise for the "which is likely to be
maintained best" arguments)

Very rational. I would now have to contend that CFS didn't lose and neither did SD. Linux won.

Thank you very much.

Best Regards,

Carlo

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