From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263741AbUE1RR2 (ORCPT ); Fri, 28 May 2004 13:17:28 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261862AbUE1RR1 (ORCPT ); Fri, 28 May 2004 13:17:27 -0400 Received: from ipcop.bitmover.com ([192.132.92.15]:30909 "EHLO work.bitmover.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263711AbUE1RRQ (ORCPT ); Fri, 28 May 2004 13:17:16 -0400 Date: Fri, 28 May 2004 10:16:59 -0700 From: Larry McVoy To: "Theodore Ts'o" , Dave Jones , "La Monte H.P. Yarroll" , Andrew Morton , Larry McVoy , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [RFD] Explicitly documenting patch submission Message-ID: <20040528171659.GA19715@work.bitmover.com> Mail-Followup-To: Larry McVoy , Theodore Ts'o , Dave Jones , "La Monte H.P. Yarroll" , Andrew Morton , Larry McVoy , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20040527062002.GA20872@work.bitmover.com> <20040527010409.66e76397.akpm@osdl.org> <40B6591C.80901@timesys.com> <20040527214638.GA18349@thunk.org> <20040528132436.GA11497@work.bitmover.com> <20040528150740.GF18449@thunk.org> <20040528151919.GC11265@redhat.com> <20040528171110.GA21435@thunk.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040528171110.GA21435@thunk.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > A compromise position might be to store multiple authorships (who > committed it into BK, who was the original author, etc.) into the SCM > metadata, but I'm not sure we could justify your putting that kind > feature into BK, especially when it's likely that the only users of it > would be the Linux kernel tree. We're always open to adding new features but we're not going to code around delibrate misuse of the system. We wouldn't be doing you any favors by doing so. If you ever migrate off of BK then you'll need the next system to have those same workarounds. Go educate Linus that he got this one wrong, he's a reasonable guy, he listens if enough people scream. -- --- Larry McVoy lm at bitmover.com http://www.bitkeeper.com