Re: Linux 2.6.11.1

["Randy.Dunlap" <rddunlap@osdl.org>]

Linus Torvalds wrote:
> 
> On Sat, 5 Mar 2005, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> 
>>Yup, BK could definitely handle that...
> 
> 
> However, it's also true that the thing BK is _worst_ at is cherry-picking 
> things, and having a collection of stuff where somebody may end up vetoing 
> one patch and saying "remove that one".
> 
> So it's entirely possible that the proper tool to use for the first level 
> is not BK at all, but the evolved patch-scripts that Andrew uses, in other 
> words:
> 
> 	http://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/quilt
> 
> may well be a much better thing to use.
> 
> I love BK, but what BK does well is merging and maintaining trees full of 
> good stuff. What BK sucks at is experimental stuff where you don't know 
> whether something should be eventually used or not.

I almost volunteered (read: suckered) and would use patch-scripts
or quilt to do the job.  It (the tool) seems to be a natural fit
for it (the job).

However, I'm happy with Greg and Chris doing it.  :)   suckers.

-- 
~Randy