From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754347Ab1AFWTy (ORCPT ); Thu, 6 Jan 2011 17:19:54 -0500 Received: from cantor2.suse.de ([195.135.220.15]:51820 "EHLO mx2.suse.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754117Ab1AFWTx (ORCPT ); Thu, 6 Jan 2011 17:19:53 -0500 Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2011 14:07:05 -0800 From: Greg KH To: Pavan Savoy Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: staging-tree: to stage or not to stage Message-ID: <20110106220705.GJ30799@suse.de> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 04:11:43PM +0530, Pavan Savoy wrote: > Hi Greg, > > > > We've been having this discussion here and there, and there has been > various opinions about what staging is, > I've also read your mail @ http://lwn.net/Articles/285594/ on what the > tree IS and what it is NOT. > > So, hoping you dispel all opinions and lay down some facts!!! Sure, please ask specific questions and I will be glad to answer them. I understand you are frustrated that some of your code had to be rewritten numerous times, but that is just the nature of Linux kernel development sorry. I'm pretty sure that you agree that the end result is much better than the original submissions, right? thanks, greg k-h