From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Linus Torvalds Subject: Re: [RFC] origin link for cherry-pick and revert Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2008 08:32:12 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: References: <20080909132212.GA25476@cuci.nl> <20080909194354.GA13634@cuci.nl> <20080909235848.GE7459@cuci.nl> <48C785C3.9010204@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Cc: "Stephen R. van den Berg" , Jakub Narebski , git@vger.kernel.org To: Paolo Bonzini X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Wed Sep 10 17:34:49 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1KdRi0-00018z-Or for gcvg-git-2@gmane.org; Wed, 10 Sep 2008 17:34:21 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752446AbYIJPdB (ORCPT ); Wed, 10 Sep 2008 11:33:01 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752378AbYIJPdB (ORCPT ); Wed, 10 Sep 2008 11:33:01 -0400 Received: from smtp1.linux-foundation.org ([140.211.169.13]:48774 "EHLO smtp1.linux-foundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752248AbYIJPdA (ORCPT ); Wed, 10 Sep 2008 11:33:00 -0400 Received: from imap1.linux-foundation.org (imap1.linux-foundation.org [140.211.169.55]) by smtp1.linux-foundation.org (8.14.2/8.13.5/Debian-3ubuntu1.1) with ESMTP id m8AFWDee004511 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Wed, 10 Sep 2008 08:32:14 -0700 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by imap1.linux-foundation.org (8.13.5.20060308/8.13.5/Debian-3ubuntu1.1) with ESMTP id m8AFWCSn012662; Wed, 10 Sep 2008 08:32:13 -0700 In-Reply-To: <48C785C3.9010204@gnu.org> User-Agent: Alpine 1.10 (LFD 962 2008-03-14) X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-3.937 required=5 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,OSDL_HEADER_SUBJECT_BRACKETED X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.4-osdl_revision__1.47__ X-MIMEDefang-Filter: lf$Revision: 1.188 $ X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.63 on 140.211.169.13 Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: On Wed, 10 Sep 2008, Paolo Bonzini wrote: > > Not really local data. More like _weakly referenced_ data. If it is > there, cool. If it is not there, no big deal. You think it's "cool". I think it is "unreliable, random, and depends on the phase of the moon". My definition of "cool" is a totally different thing. What you describe is the very anti-thesis of cool. If you want unreliable and random, use CVS. Please. Linus