From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: the " 'official' point of view" expressed by kernelnewbies.org
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 11:46:30 -0700 (PDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <ea34i6$185$1@terminus.zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 200607241857.38889.a1426z@gawab.com
Followup to: <200607241857.38889.a1426z@gawab.com>
By author: Al Boldi <a1426z@gawab.com>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
>
> Respect what? The process or the content?
>
> Rejecting content due to disrespect for process guidelines would be rather
> sad.
>
No, it's not. That's what you have to do to keep the kernel maintainable.
> If the content is worth its salt, it should be accepted w/o delay, then
> modified to comply with the process guidelines as necessary. It's what the
> GPL allows, afterall.
Uhm, no. That's basically "throw it over the fence and let someone
else fix the crap." Fix it first, then it can go in.
-hpa
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-07-24 18:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-07-24 15:57 the " 'official' point of view" expressed by kernelnewbies.org Al Boldi
2006-07-24 17:43 ` Horst H. von Brand
2006-07-24 18:46 ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2006-07-25 4:07 ` Matthew Frost
2006-07-25 4:57 ` Al Boldi
2006-07-25 5:03 ` Jeff Garzik
2006-07-25 8:33 ` the ' 'official' point of view' " Luigi Genoni
2006-07-25 14:35 ` the " 'official' point of view" " Horst H. von Brand
2006-07-25 15:14 ` Lexington Luthor
2006-07-25 20:59 ` Matthias Andree
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