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From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com>
To: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: peterz@infradead.org, mingo@elte.hu, kaber@trash.net,
	rick.jones2@hp.com, dada1@cosmosbay.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
	netfilter-devel@vger.kernel.org, tglx@linutronix.de,
	gandalf@wlug.westbo.se, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFT 2/4] Add mod_timer_noact
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2009 14:56:16 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20090218145616.619a60c3@extreme> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20090218.144741.226638312.davem@davemloft.net>

On Wed, 18 Feb 2009 14:47:41 -0800 (PST)
David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> wrote:

> From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
> Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2009 23:42:27 +0100
> 
> > Can we please leave it at this, the technical issue seems to be delt
> > with. You and Ingo seems to have a gift to rub each other the wrong way,
> > it would be grand if you could both try to be a little forgiving and
> > just focus on the code/technical issues which makes Linux to what it is,
> > technically excellent ;-)
> 
> Like it or not, open source development is as much about people
> and their personalitites as it is about technical issues.
> 
> So every timeone someone says to concentrate on the technical
> issues and get past the personalities, they really are missing
> the point, and at best are being naive.
> 
> The Linux kernel has been shaped by overtly emotional discourse and
> personal interaction as it has been by any technical achievement.

Everyone, please read and internalize what Matt had to say.
He is right, the community needs to learn how to review:
   
http://mdzlog.wordpress.com/2008/12/24/constructive-criticism/

  reply	other threads:[~2009-02-18 22:56 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <20090218051906.174295181@vyatta.com>
     [not found] ` <20090218052747.437271195@vyatta.com>
     [not found]   ` <20090218092041.GC3294@elte.hu>
     [not found]     ` <20090218.013007.117003889.davem@davemloft.net>
2009-02-18 11:01       ` [RFT 2/4] Add mod_timer_noact Ingo Molnar
2009-02-18 11:39         ` Jarek Poplawski
2009-02-18 12:37           ` Ingo Molnar
2009-02-18 12:33         ` Patrick McHardy
2009-02-18 21:39         ` David Miller
2009-02-18 21:51           ` Ingo Molnar
2009-02-18 22:04             ` David Miller
2009-02-18 22:42               ` Peter Zijlstra
2009-02-18 22:47                 ` David Miller
2009-02-18 22:56                   ` Stephen Hemminger [this message]
     [not found]     ` <499BDDFE.5010101@trash.net>
2009-02-18 12:05       ` [patch] timers: add mod_timer_pending() Ingo Molnar
     [not found]         ` <499C000A.4040205@trash.net>
2009-02-18 12:50           ` Ingo Molnar
2009-02-18 12:54             ` Patrick McHardy
2009-02-18 13:47               ` Ingo Molnar
     [not found] ` <20090218052747.321329022@vyatta.com>
     [not found]   ` <20090219114719.560999b5@extreme>
     [not found]     ` <499DEF49.3040602@cosmosbay.com>
     [not found]       ` <49A7F262.8040805@cosmosbay.com>
2009-02-27 16:08         ` [PATCH] rcu: increment quiescent state counter in ksoftirqd() Eric Dumazet
2009-02-27 16:34           ` Paul E. McKenney

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