Re: [parisc-linux] Re: OK, let's try cleaning up another nit. Is anyone paying attention?

Eric S. Raymond
2001-04-21T00:25:41Z

David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>:
> esr@thyrsus.com said:
> > Even supposing that's so, a 36% rate of broken symbols is way too
> > high. It argues that we need to do a thorough housecleaning at least
> > once in order to get back to an acceptably low stable rate.
>
> Accepted. Can we let the 2.4 "angry penguin"-enforced stabilising period
> finish, and give the arch and subsystem maintainers a chance to finally
> brave the wrath of Linus and submit their patches, before we attempt do to
> it though?

I guess so. We don't particularly have a choice, do we? :-)
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Eric S. Raymond

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