From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Maciej W. Rozycki" Subject: Re: [PATCH 05/15] dec netdev: relocate DIGITAL based drivers to legacy Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2010 07:37:59 +0100 (BST) Message-ID: References: <20101028.224703.112589527.davem@davemloft.net> <20101028.225356.39188490.davem@davemloft.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Cc: paul.gortmaker@windriver.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org To: David Miller Return-path: Received: from eddie.linux-mips.org ([78.24.191.182]:51534 "EHLO cvs.linux-mips.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753248Ab0J2GiA (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Oct 2010 02:38:00 -0400 Received: from localhost.localdomain ([127.0.0.1]:43379 "EHLO localhost.localdomain" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by eddie.linux-mips.org with ESMTP id S1491016Ab0J2Gh7 (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Oct 2010 08:37:59 +0200 In-Reply-To: <20101028.225356.39188490.davem@davemloft.net> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Thu, 28 Oct 2010, David Miller wrote: > > See my proposal that crossed with your e-mail. I think it fits the > > purpose very well. :) > > No, it's foolish, see my reply. Well, you are the maintainer, so it's your call. I disagree and I have given what I believe is a reasonable justification, but that's about as much as I can do -- I can't force it onto you. As I say my concern is about the arbitrary assignment and not things being called "legacy" or "best-ever", "pre-y2k", or whatever. And splitting a bunch of pieces of software that are loosely related to one another into two bunches isn't going to reduce clutter, but to spread it instead -- now you'll have clutter in two places rather than just one, so I think the change is just missing the point. Again, as the maintainer it's your right to disagree. Thank you for the time you've taken to consider my comments nonetheless. Maciej