[U-Boot] [PATCH v2] Blackfin: dnp5370: new board port

[Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>]

On Sunday, December 19, 2010 15:05:34 Wolfgang Denk wrote:
> Mike Frysinger wrote:
> > > If you don't want to help to clean up (which I can live with), then
> > > please at least do not add to the mess.
> > 
> > i'm saying that if the list cant be sorted, then there isnt a mess and
> > there isnt anything to "clean up"
> 
> The list can be sorted. Within each section it should be sorted by
> last name of the maintainers.

i cant say ive noticed this policy, but changing to that should be easy.

> > > > > NAK.  We do not allow this.
> > > > 
> > > > i dont see why.  these are *default* settings.  there is nothing here
> > > > that prevents people in their own board from overriding at runtime
> > > > and saving the result into their environment.  where as having
> > > > default settings often makes new builds/tests a lot smoother.
> > > 
> > > It's still NAK.
> > 
> > so the logic here is "because i said so"
> 
> This has been discussed several times in the past, and somebody who
> has been around as long as you should either remember these arguments
> or be able to look them up in the archives. In short: defaults that
> may be good for you are most probably bad for (m)any other users of
> the board. Instead of spreading such bad defaults we default to not
> setting any.

just because ive seen you use this same logic before ("i said so") doesnt mean 
i agree with it or even understand it.  there is no such thing as "bad 
defaults" when it comes to network settings here.  having a default IP that 
doesnt match your local LAN is just as "bad" as not having any IP at all.  in 
both cases, things need the same amount of effort to change.
-mike
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