Re: [PATCH] Add CONFIG_VFAT_NO_CREATE_WITH_LONGNAMES option

Dave Kleikamp
2009-05-04T15:36:57Z

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.

Thanks,
Shaggy
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David Kleikamp
IBM Linux Technology Center