Re: [PATCH] Add CONFIG_VFAT_NO_CREATE_WITH_LONGNAMES option

Eric W. Biederman
2009-05-04T15:59:33Z

Dave Kleikamp <shaggy@linux.vnet.ibm.com> writes:

> On Mon, 2009-05-04 at 09:08 -0600, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
>> On Mon, May 04, 2009 at 07:39:19AM -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
>> > On Mon, May 04, 2009 at 07:21:19AM -0600, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
>> > > Bringing the patch to a public mailing list is a waste of time until
>> > > there's a reliable description of the problem you're trying to solve.
>> >
>> > Please see the original patch. It does describes what it is doing.
>>
>> "What", but not "Why". Which is only acceptable in GNU changelogs ;-)
>
> Please understand the "Why" is a sticky subject that we can't and won't
> discuss in a public forum. However, we believe the maintainers
> understand the "Why" of it well enough to consider whether or not to
> include such a patch. The "What" should be pretty clear from the patch
> description. The "How" is a technical question that can be discussed
> here.

If the "Why" can not be discussed then you don't have a "Why" you can
stand behind.

If you don't have a "Why" you can stand behind the "Why" sucks and does
not appear to be an appropriate justification for a patch applied to
a public piece of code.

Eric