Re: [GIT PATCH] final SCSI pieces for the merge window

[Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>]

Douglas Gilbert wrote:
> Jeff Garzik wrote:
>> James Bottomley wrote:
>>> On Tue, 2007-10-23 at 17:09 -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote:
>>>> James Bottomley wrote:
>>>>> This should be the final SCSI updates; it's mainly just a few accessor
>>>>> completion updates and two driver merges (sym2 and qla2xxx) we also
>>>>> secured DaveM's agreement to remove fcal/fc4, which explains the high
>>>>> removal line count.
>>>>>
>>>>> The patch is available here:
>>>>>
>>>>> master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jejb/scsi-misc-2.6.git
>>>> I guess I have the go-ahead to merge the end-CDROM-polling async
>>>> notification work you've been repeatedly ignoring?
>>> I haven't been ignoring it ... it just needs quite a bit of work; the
>>> best way to accelerate it seems to be simply to do it (add the
>>> supported/trigger event bitmasks and expand the infrastructure).  I just
>>> haven't had the time within the merge window.
>> James, things cannot get bottlenecked like this.  You have had MONTHS to
>> say something like this.  The code was ready BEFORE the merge window.
>>
>> I really think you have the knowledge to be SCSI maintainer, but not the
>> time.
> 
> Jeff,
> If only I had a dollar (Canadian unit please) for
> each day some of my libata patches were queued
> up to you before you accepted them.
> 
> Remember MODE SELECT ...

You're darned right, I've screwed up in the past.  Sat on stuff "until I 
get time to rewrite it" and that sort of thing.  My colleagues give me 
lumps for it too :)

We talked about this issue at the Kernel Summit -- collectively we need 
to stop holding on to useful, working stuff for months on end.  It 
serves nobody.

We have to rediscover our roots:  "release early, release often"

	Jeff