Re: A modest proposal -- We need a patch penguin

Hans Reiser
2002-01-30T09:50:36Z

Bill Davidsen wrote:

>
>The problem is that you don't trust ANYONE. There is no reason why you
>should be looking at small obvious patches to bugs (note bugs, not
>enhancements). In the last batch of messages I see agreement from Alan Cox
>and Eric Raymond that things are backed up. I see reiser filesystem
>patches, from the original developer, labeled "third try." Quite bluntly
>he is a hell of a lot better qualified to do bug fixes in that area than
>you are.
>
Whoa, in this case it is Marcelo, and his responsiveness is on the whole
simply superb. Right complaint, wrong example. Marcelo also does a
great job of having good reasons for rejecting patches on the rare
occasions when he does reject them. Is the real problem that you are
comparing guys who have neither a day job nor a family to someone who
has both? I think maybe it is. Linus, do you have other work
responsibilities besides Linux? With funding provided , could you work
solely on Linux?

I remember when I used to hold a day job while working on ReiserFS and
trying to manage a team of full-time programmers by email. It sucked.
There is crap in ReiserFS that went in only because I didn't have time
to fight it, and Reiser4 is a very much higher level of quality mainly
because I can invest a lot more time into it.

Hans