From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 26 Mar 2001 02:09:51 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 26 Mar 2001 02:09:46 -0500 Received: from snark.tuxedo.org ([207.106.50.26]:56837 "EHLO snark.thyrsus.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 26 Mar 2001 02:09:29 -0500 Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 02:12:19 -0500 From: "Eric S. Raymond" To: Alan Cox Cc: Jeff Garzik , Peter Samuelson , "Eric S. Raymond" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kbuild-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: CML1 cleanup patch Message-ID: <20010326021219.D11181@thyrsus.com> Reply-To: esr@thyrsus.com Mail-Followup-To: "Eric S. Raymond" , Alan Cox , Jeff Garzik , Peter Samuelson , "Eric S. Raymond" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kbuild-devel@lists.sourceforge.net In-Reply-To: <20010326014913.B11181@thyrsus.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk on Mon, Mar 26, 2001 at 08:02:49AM +0100 Organization: Eric Conspiracy Secret Labs X-Eric-Conspiracy: There is no conspiracy Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Alan Cox : > > months ago, and they did -- but the 2.5 fork is nearly upon us and I > > feel a strong need to get this in before then. > > Fix it in 2.5 not before I hope you will reconsider after you've seen the reasons I posted in a later message, Alan. You're one of the people I'm tring to save a lot of hassle for later on. In fact, you are likely to be the largest beneficiary of this change. -- Eric S. Raymond "Are we to understand," asked the judge, "that you hold your own interests above the interests of the public?" "I hold that such a question can never arise except in a society of cannibals." -- Ayn Rand