Re: [PATCH] Add CONFIG_VFAT_NO_CREATE_WITH_LONGNAMES option

Paul E. McKenney
2009-05-04T16:11:56Z

On Mon, May 04, 2009 at 08:59:14AM -0700, Eric W. Biederman wrote:
> 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.

Nice try.

> 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.

Again, nice try.

Thanx, Paul