From: ebiederm@xmission.com (Eric W. Biederman)
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Cc: Pavel Machek <pavel@suse.cz>, Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>,
len.brown@intel.com, Pierre Ossman <drzeus-list@drzeus.cx>,
acpi-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, ncunningham@cyclades.com,
Masoud Sharbiani <masouds@masoud.ir>,
Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] suspend: Cleanup calling of power off methods.
Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 11:28:55 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m1slvycotk.fsf@ebiederm.dsl.xmission.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.58.0509210930410.2553@g5.osdl.org> (Linus Torvalds's message of "Wed, 21 Sep 2005 09:35:20 -0700 (PDT)")
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> writes:
> On Wed, 21 Sep 2005, Pavel Machek wrote:
>>
>> I think you are not following the proper procedure. All the patches
>> should go through akpm.
Ok. I thought it was fine to send simple and obviously correct bug
fixes to Linus.
> One issue is that I actually worry that Andrew will at some point be where
> I was a couple of years ago - overworked and stressed out by just tons and
> tons of patches.
>
> Yes, he's written/modified tons of patch-tracking tools, and the git
> merging hopefully avoids some of the pressures, but it still worries me.
> If Andrew burns out, we'll all suffer hugely.
>
> I'm wondering what we can do to offset those kinds of issues. I _do_ like
> having -mm as a staging area and catching some problems there, so going
> through andrew is wonderful in that sense, but it has downsides.
It is especially challenging for people like me who typically work on
parts of the kernel without a maintainer. So there frequently isn't
an intermediate I can submit my patches to.
Eric
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-09-21 17:28 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 51+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-09-01 18:23 reboot vs poweroff Brown, Len
2005-09-02 4:43 ` Eric W. Biederman
2005-09-10 21:07 ` Eric W. Biederman
2005-09-10 21:07 ` Eric W. Biederman
[not found] ` <m1d5ngk4xa.fsf-T1Yj925okcoyDheHMi7gv2pdwda3JcWeAL8bYrjMMd8@public.gmane.org>
2005-09-11 8:43 ` Meelis Roos
2005-09-11 8:43 ` Meelis Roos
[not found] ` <Pine.SOC.4.61.0509111140550.9218-ptEonEWSGqKptlylMvRsHA@public.gmane.org>
2005-09-11 8:53 ` Eric W. Biederman
2005-09-11 8:53 ` Eric W. Biederman
2005-09-20 17:42 ` [PATCH 1/2] reboot: Comment and factor the main reboot functions Eric W. Biederman
2005-09-20 17:42 ` Eric W. Biederman
[not found] ` <m14q8fhc02.fsf_-_-T1Yj925okcoyDheHMi7gv2pdwda3JcWeAL8bYrjMMd8@public.gmane.org>
2005-09-20 17:49 ` [PATCH 2/2] suspend: Cleanup calling of power off methods Eric W. Biederman
2005-09-20 17:49 ` Eric W. Biederman
2005-09-20 21:06 ` Pavel Machek
[not found] ` <20050920210617.GA1779-I/5MKhXcvmPrBKCeMvbIDA@public.gmane.org>
2005-09-21 2:08 ` Eric W. Biederman
2005-09-21 2:08 ` Eric W. Biederman
2005-09-21 10:18 ` Pavel Machek
2005-09-21 13:50 ` Eric W. Biederman
[not found] ` <20050921101855.GD25297-jyMamyUUXNJG4ohzP4jBZS1Fcj925eT/@public.gmane.org>
2005-09-21 16:35 ` Linus Torvalds
2005-09-21 16:35 ` Linus Torvalds
2005-09-21 17:28 ` Eric W. Biederman [this message]
[not found] ` <m1slvycotk.fsf-T1Yj925okcoyDheHMi7gv2pdwda3JcWeAL8bYrjMMd8@public.gmane.org>
2005-09-21 18:02 ` Andrew Morton
2005-09-21 18:02 ` Andrew Morton
2005-09-21 17:36 ` Alexander Nyberg
2005-09-21 18:15 ` Andrew Morton
[not found] ` <20050921111523.4b007281.akpm-3NddpPZAyC0@public.gmane.org>
2005-09-21 19:45 ` Hugh Dickins
2005-09-21 19:45 ` Hugh Dickins
2005-09-21 18:35 ` Diego Calleja
[not found] ` <20050921203505.32cc714d.diegocg-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2005-09-21 18:49 ` Andrew Morton
2005-09-21 18:49 ` Andrew Morton
2005-09-21 19:54 ` Martin J. Bligh
2005-09-26 12:09 ` Diego Calleja
[not found] ` <20050926140900.d070b604.diegocg-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2005-09-26 13:47 ` Martin J. Bligh
2005-09-26 13:47 ` Martin J. Bligh
2005-09-21 20:16 ` Diego Calleja
2005-09-21 19:43 ` Russell King
[not found] ` <20050921194306.GC13246-f404yB8NqCZvn6HldHNs0ANdhmdF6hFW@public.gmane.org>
2005-09-21 20:10 ` Andrew Morton
2005-09-21 20:10 ` Andrew Morton
2005-09-22 7:15 ` Pierre Ossman
2005-09-22 7:15 ` Pierre Ossman
2005-09-22 8:10 ` [ACPI] " Rafael J. Wysocki
[not found] ` <43325A02.90208-p3sGCRWkH8CeZLLa646FqQ@public.gmane.org>
2005-09-22 9:30 ` Eric W. Biederman
2005-09-22 9:30 ` Eric W. Biederman
[not found] ` <m14q8dcuvm.fsf-T1Yj925okcoyDheHMi7gv2pdwda3JcWeAL8bYrjMMd8@public.gmane.org>
2005-09-22 9:38 ` Russell King
2005-09-22 9:38 ` Russell King
2005-09-22 10:54 ` Pierre Ossman
[not found] ` <Pine.LNX.4.58.0509210930410.2553-hNm40g4Ew95AfugRpC6u6w@public.gmane.org>
2005-09-21 17:46 ` Andrew Morton
2005-09-21 17:46 ` Andrew Morton
[not found] ` <20050921104615.2e8dd7d5.akpm-3NddpPZAyC0@public.gmane.org>
2005-09-21 18:08 ` Eric W. Biederman
2005-09-21 18:08 ` Eric W. Biederman
2005-09-21 18:24 ` Andrew Morton
2005-09-21 18:24 ` Andrew Morton
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