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From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
To: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc: hch@infradead.org, bunk@kernel.org, dwmw2@infradead.org,
	miklos@szeredi.hu, me@bobcopeland.com,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/7] OMFS filesystem version 3
Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2008 13:02:40 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080415130240.1b9b7662.akpm@linux-foundation.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20080415195330.17f63348@the-village.bc.nu>

On Tue, 15 Apr 2008 19:53:30 +0100
Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> wrote:

> > You can continue to ignore my logic, but that won't go unnoticed.
> > 
> > Just as a thought exercise: should we merge a small and well-written
> > driver which has zero users?
> 
> We've previously merged ones that fit this category and have one user.

Probably incorrectly.

> If
> the driver doesn't disrupt core code and is useful to help other people
> write drivers then I think we should. It may also get more users as a
> result.

Maybe.

> This is a free software project not a business enterprise.

And the same principles apply, don't they?  We seek to minimise overhead
and to use our kernel development hours as effectively as we can.

This is particularly important when person A is thrusting additional work
onto persons B, C, and D.

  reply	other threads:[~2008-04-15 20:02 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 92+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-04-12 22:58 [PATCH 0/7] OMFS filesystem version 3 Bob Copeland
2008-04-13  0:03 ` Andrew Morton
2008-04-13  3:33   ` Bob Copeland
2008-04-13  3:55     ` Andrew Morton
2008-04-13  4:41       ` Bob Copeland
2008-04-13  8:01       ` Christoph Hellwig
2008-04-13  8:20         ` Andrew Morton
2008-04-13  8:28           ` Christoph Hellwig
2008-04-13 10:37             ` Miklos Szeredi
2008-04-13 21:15               ` David Woodhouse
2008-04-13 22:44                 ` Andrew Morton
2008-04-13 22:49                   ` Alan Cox
2008-04-13 23:10                     ` Andrew Morton
2008-04-14  1:32                       ` Bob Copeland
2008-04-14  5:48                         ` Andrew Morton
2008-04-14  8:16                       ` Alan Cox
2008-04-14  8:36                         ` Andrew Morton
2008-04-14  8:41                         ` Christoph Hellwig
2008-04-14 14:20                           ` Chris Mason
2008-04-14 16:36                             ` Bob Copeland
2008-04-14 16:51                               ` Alan Cox
2008-04-14 17:18                                 ` Bob Copeland
2008-04-14 17:22                                   ` Alan Cox
2008-04-14 20:29                             ` david
2008-04-18 13:13                               ` Szabolcs Szakacsits
2008-04-14 20:55                           ` Jeff Garzik
2008-04-14 21:11                             ` Andrew Morton
2008-04-14 22:32                               ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2008-04-14 23:21                                 ` Andrew Morton
2008-04-14 23:09                               ` SL Baur
2008-04-14 23:24                                 ` Andrew Morton
2008-04-14  8:30                       ` Xavier Bestel
2008-04-14  8:43                         ` Christoph Hellwig
2008-04-14  8:44                         ` Andrew Morton
2008-04-14  9:08                           ` Christoph Hellwig
2008-04-14  9:09                           ` Christoph Hellwig
2008-04-14  9:21                             ` Andrew Morton
2008-04-14 10:09                               ` David Woodhouse
2008-04-14 10:22                                 ` Andrew Morton
2008-04-14 10:36                                   ` David Woodhouse
2008-04-14 11:16                                   ` Christoph Hellwig
2008-04-15 15:16                       ` Adrian Bunk
2008-04-15 16:57                         ` Christoph Hellwig
2008-04-15 18:34                           ` Andrew Morton
2008-04-15 18:53                             ` Alan Cox
2008-04-15 20:02                               ` Andrew Morton [this message]
2008-04-15 19:58                                 ` Alan Cox
2008-04-15 21:46                                   ` david m. richter
2008-04-15 19:24                             ` Adrian Bunk
2008-04-15 20:11                               ` Andrew Morton
2008-04-15 20:27                                 ` Adrian Bunk
2008-04-14  7:25                 ` Miklos Szeredi
2008-04-14  7:49                   ` Andrew Morton
2008-04-14  8:11                     ` Miklos Szeredi
2008-04-14  8:11                     ` Anton Altaparmakov
2008-04-14  8:26                       ` Miklos Szeredi
2008-04-14  9:42                   ` Jamie Lokier
2008-04-14  9:58                     ` Miklos Szeredi
2008-04-14 11:05                       ` David Woodhouse
2008-04-14 12:50                         ` Miklos Szeredi
2008-04-14 11:55                       ` Jamie Lokier
2008-04-14 11:57                         ` Christoph Hellwig
2008-04-14 12:26                         ` Miklos Szeredi
2008-04-14 22:35                           ` Jamie Lokier
2008-04-15 11:33                             ` Miklos Szeredi
2008-04-15 15:23                               ` Jamie Lokier
2008-04-17  1:08                                 ` Szabolcs Szakacsits
2008-04-17  6:50                                   ` Jamie Lokier
2008-04-17  8:17                                     ` Miklos Szeredi
2008-04-14  0:45               ` Bob Copeland
2008-04-14  7:35                 ` Miklos Szeredi
2008-04-18 10:30                 ` Szabolcs Szakacsits
2008-04-18 11:52                   ` Jamie Lokier
2008-04-18 12:20                     ` Miklos Szeredi
2008-04-18 12:57                       ` Jamie Lokier
2008-04-18 16:01                         ` Miklos Szeredi
2008-04-18 16:15                           ` Jamie Lokier
2008-04-18 13:51                   ` Bob Copeland
2008-04-18 14:23                     ` Miklos Szeredi
2008-04-18 14:43                       ` Bob Copeland
2008-04-18 17:35                     ` Szabolcs Szakacsits
2008-04-18 17:48                       ` Bob Copeland
2008-04-18 12:46             ` Szabolcs Szakacsits
2008-04-13  9:04     ` Alan Cox
2008-04-13 10:00     ` Pavel Machek
2008-04-15  3:14     ` Erez Zadok
     [not found] <14725485.776281208170999085.JavaMail.szaka@kolumbus.fi>
2008-04-14 12:46 ` Szabolcs Szakacsits
2008-04-14 13:15   ` Anton Altaparmakov
2008-04-14 16:12     ` Szabolcs Szakacsits
     [not found] <10224488.783261208172602425.JavaMail.szaka@kolumbus.fi>
2008-04-15  0:11 ` Szabolcs Szakacsits
2008-04-15 15:05   ` Adrian Bunk
     [not found] <aiwLk-3mc-3@gated-at.bofh.it>
     [not found] ` <aiwLk-3mc-5@gated-at.bofh.it>
     [not found]   ` <aiwLk-3mc-1@gated-at.bofh.it>
2008-04-16  9:56     ` Bodo Eggert

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