From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265164AbTLCUVg (ORCPT ); Wed, 3 Dec 2003 15:21:36 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265167AbTLCUVg (ORCPT ); Wed, 3 Dec 2003 15:21:36 -0500 Received: from tmr-02.dsl.thebiz.net ([216.238.38.204]:64010 "EHLO gatekeeper.tmr.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S265164AbTLCUV1 (ORCPT ); Wed, 3 Dec 2003 15:21:27 -0500 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Path: gatekeeper.tmr.com!davidsen From: davidsen@tmr.com (bill davidsen) Newsgroups: mail.linux-kernel Subject: Re: XFS for 2.4 Date: 3 Dec 2003 20:10:17 GMT Organization: TMR Associates, Schenectady NY Message-ID: References: <2D92FEBFD3BE1346A6C397223A8DD3FC0924C8@THOR.goeci.com> <20031202175957.GA1990@gtf.org> X-Trace: gatekeeper.tmr.com 1070482217 19761 192.168.12.62 (3 Dec 2003 20:10:17 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@tmr.com Originator: davidsen@gatekeeper.tmr.com Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In article <20031202175957.GA1990@gtf.org>, Jeff Garzik wrote: | It's _very_ wise to hold off on a patch if | (a) the code is difficult to read, and therefore difficult to review and | fix (read: style) | (b) the maintainer is not assured of patch reliability (read: "I'm not | sure the patch won't break things") | | Both (a) and (b) are vaild concerns for long term maintenance costs. | | Particularly (b). If Marcelo is not assured of patch reliability, then | he absolutely --should not-- merge XFS into 2.4. That's just the way | the system works. And it's a good system. Given that hundreds of people have used it for several years, I find it hard to believe that there are hidden bugs both so subtle that they have not been seen and so bad that they cause major problems. I find "I don't like the coding style" far easier to believe. As you say, that's the way the system works, guess the patch will continue, because it's more reliable than 2.6 at the moment. -- bill davidsen CTO, TMR Associates, Inc Doing interesting things with little computers since 1979.