From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1030278AbWGMSbp (ORCPT ); Thu, 13 Jul 2006 14:31:45 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1030280AbWGMSbp (ORCPT ); Thu, 13 Jul 2006 14:31:45 -0400 Received: from e4.ny.us.ibm.com ([32.97.182.144]:45742 "EHLO e4.ny.us.ibm.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1030278AbWGMSbo (ORCPT ); Thu, 13 Jul 2006 14:31:44 -0400 Subject: Re: [PATCH -mm 5/7] add user namespace From: Dave Hansen To: "Eric W. Biederman" Cc: Cedric Le Goater , Kirill Korotaev , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Andrew Morton , Kirill Korotaev , Andrey Savochkin , Herbert Poetzl , Sam Vilain , "Serge E. Hallyn" In-Reply-To: References: <20060711075051.382004000@localhost.localdomain> <20060711075420.937831000@localhost.localdomain> <44B3D435.8090706@sw.ru> <44B4D970.90007@sw.ru> <44B67C4B.7050009@fr.ibm.com> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2006 11:31:31 -0700 Message-Id: <1152815491.7650.62.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.4.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, 2006-07-13 at 12:21 -0600, Eric W. Biederman wrote: > We need a formula for doing incremental development that will allow us to > make headway while not seeing the entire picture all at once. The scope > is just too large. Definitely. We need a low-risk development environment where we can put test-fit pieces together, but also not worry too much of we have to rip pieces out, or completely change them. I'm not sure we *need* to rewrite things for review-ability later. I think some of us have gotten pretty good at keeping our development in reviewable bits as we go along. -- Dave