From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: James Morris Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.17-rc6-mm1 ] net: RFC 3828-compliant UDP-Lite support Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2006 15:46:42 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: References: <200606081150.34018@this-message-has-been-logged> <1149778072.22124.6.camel@localhost.localdomain> <200606081703.55361.gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk> <20060608.115331.71094388.davem@davemloft.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Cc: gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk, alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk, kuznet@ms2.inr.ac.ru, pekkas@netcore.fi, yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org, kaber@coreworks.de, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Received: from mail8.sea5.speakeasy.net ([69.17.117.10]:26591 "EHLO mail8.sea5.speakeasy.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S964949AbWFHTqp (ORCPT ); Thu, 8 Jun 2006 15:46:45 -0400 To: David Miller In-Reply-To: <20060608.115331.71094388.davem@davemloft.net> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org On Thu, 8 Jun 2006, David Miller wrote: > > Understood. Please, anyone, disregard or un-apply the previous > > UDP-Lite patch. A revised patch will be prepared and posted as soon > > as testing permits. > > Nobody is going to integrate your patch anywhere, don't worry. > You make it clear that once you toss this piece of code over > the wall, you'll disappear. Having dealt with more than enough code thrown over the wall in recent times, I agree. But, if someone well known & trusted wants to claim responsibility for the code once it's upstream, that might be a way forward (I think the Apache project has or had a policy like this). - James -- James Morris