From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from parrot.gentoo.org (lists.gentoo.org [156.56.111.196]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id j1MBt708027445 for ; Tue, 22 Feb 2005 11:55:08 GMT Received: (qmail 25435 invoked by uid 89); 22 Feb 2005 11:55:07 +0000 Received: (qmail 20101 invoked from network); 22 Feb 2005 11:55:07 +0000 Received: from c-24-10-82-41.client.comcast.net (HELO phaenix.haell.com) (24.10.82.41) by lists.gentoo.org with SMTP; 22 Feb 2005 11:55:07 +0000 Received: by phaenix.haell.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 8C74F1F062DC; Tue, 22 Feb 2005 03:55:06 -0800 (PST) Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2005 03:55:06 -0800 From: Drake Wyrm To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] proposed patch Message-ID: <20050222115506.GA13882@phaenix.haell.com> Mail-Followup-To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org References: <36acd65c050220230928e76206@mail.gmail.com> <20050221175845.GA9470@kroah.com> <20050222030120.GA8555@phaenix.haell.com> <20050222074052.GA20208@kroah.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="HcAYCG3uE/tztfnV" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050222074052.GA20208@kroah.com> X-Arch: athlon_tbird-gentoo-linux-gnu X-Fnord: There is no conspiracy X-Fortune: we need to split main into"core" and "wtf-uses-this" User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i X-Archives-Salt: 55ec6c33-76a6-41ab-a36a-6c8fd6de114b X-Archives-Hash: 559b5cab53d3e10e6b2f11dc54686a60 --HcAYCG3uE/tztfnV Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable At 2005-02-21T23:40:52-0800, Greg KH wrote: > On Mon, Feb 21, 2005 at 07:01:20PM -0800, Drake Wyrm wrote: > > At 2005-02-21T09:58:45-0800, Greg KH wrote: > > > On Mon, Feb 21, 2005 at 08:09:08AM +0100, Johan Swensson wrote: > > > > I would like to suggest that you add [...] > > > No. Get the authors to submit the patch to upstream, and then it > > > will show up in the Gentoo kernel, as well as all other kernels. > > > > > >=20 > > > If you submit a bug, it will get marked with the same response... [...] > > but this one is kept out of the main kernel tree for political > > reasons. >=20 > And, because of that, I will always defer to the upstream kernel > maintainers, like I would hope that you also would. We certainly have a difference of opinion on that point. I tend to have an instintive negative reaction toward technical decisions influenced by political motives. > Are you willing to put the time and effort in to maintain, forward > port, and handle all possible bug reports in the kernel area that is > touched by this patch? I didn't think so :) This is actually an excellent illustration of my point. The patch I mentioned as an example changes almost nothing. It adds one file and touches the makefiles so that the build process notices it. Its inclusion would be completely benign. All I'm trying to say is that, while a critical eye should be placed on patches considered for the kernel, a stubborn refusal to even consider changes may be excessive. --=20 Batou: Hey, Major... You ever hear of "human rights"? Kusanagi: I understand the concept, but I've never seen it in action. --Ghost in the Shell --HcAYCG3uE/tztfnV Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkIbHZoACgkQQWVmeKdhp/ImLgCfW/NT3C+lpW25IZw2tiBbWQpj j0cAn26NinmiL3kp2BknAZf2GRSGvbQJ =aLqE -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --HcAYCG3uE/tztfnV-- -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list