Re: The direction linux is taking

Dave Jones
2001-12-27T17:55:48Z

On Thu, 27 Dec 2001, Richard Gooch wrote:

> So you just do what Linus does: delete those questions without
> replying. No matter what system you use, if you want to avoid an
> overflowing mailbox, you either have to silently drop patches, and/or
> silently drop questions/requests/begging letters. There isn't really
> much difference between the two.

just a sidenote:
Patches cc'd to linux-kernel instead of just to Alan/Marcelo/Linus are
also far more likely to be 'rediscovered' sometime, bringing up
"why wasn't this merged?" mails when perhaps the time is better for
$maintainer to merge.

I spent post-xmas-lunch going through backlogged l-k mails, and found
a bunch of patches that fix small problems that never got merged.
(These bits ended up in -dj6, and what will be -dj7 btw, and will get
pushed to the relevant people soon.)

Note however, xmas comes but once a year, so someone else can pick
up the silently ignored stuff next time 8-)

Dave.

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