Re: Linus is on a powertrip..
Marcus Meissner (msmeissn@cip.informatik.uni-erlangen.de)
Wed, 30 Sep 1998 11:19:46 +0200 (METDST)
In article <19980930004627.A21531@revue.linux-kernel-thyrsus.com>,
Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> wrote:
>Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com>:
>> It's not about a powertrip. It's about the fact that Linux is getting
>> larger, and that forces me to require more of people sending me patches.
>> Long gone are the times when you could just send me a patch and I could
>> apply it without thinking about it.
>
>I think most people recognize this, understand the increasing pressure,
>and sympathize with your position. On the other hand, all these stories
>about repeated patch resubmissions being necessary sound all too plausible
>in the absence of any official, publicly visible patch queue with your
>annotations on it.
>
>I think it would help matters all around if there were a web page somewhere
>listing pending patches and even as little as a one-line comment from you
>as to where they are in the integration process. It might even help you
>organize your own work better.
Err, there is?
<URL:http://samba.anu.edu.au/linux-patches/>
Marcus
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