Re: PATCH 2.3.23 pre 2 compile fixes

Jeff Garzik (jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com)
Wed, 20 Oct 1999 19:07:27 -0400


Martin Dalecki wrote:
> Linus Torvalds wrote:
> > It's about the issue that there are real and definite bugs, and if a lot
> > of things changed there is no good way to find out exactly what change
> > caused the problem - especially not with the problem popping up for people
> > who do not necessarily know C (or the device) enough to make a informed
> > judgement other than "version X works for me, version Y does not".
>
> Whey the hell do you feel responsible yorself? Let it in
> and forward everything to Donald. (procmail could even do it...)
> That's what maintainers are for.

Maintainers are the filter for Linus, not the other way around. That's
what allows the system to scale.

Jeff

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