[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread]
List: linux-kernel
Subject: Re: [ck] Re: Linus 2.6.23-rc1 -- It does not matter who's code gets
From: Carlo Florendo <subscribermail () gmail ! com>
Date: 2007-08-01 7:12:31
Message-ID: 46B0325F.5050608 () gmail ! com
[Download RAW message or body]
Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> Let me repeat the key message:
>
> It does not matter who's code gets merged.
> It does not matter who's code gets merged.
> It does not matter who's code gets merged.
> It does not matter who's code gets merged.
>
> What matters is that the problem gets solved and that the Linux kernel
> innovates forward.
This, I think, is what really really matters in the end.
> I've had several cases myself where I spent quite some time solving a
> problem, just to get some random remark from someone smart on lkml
> saying "if you had done <this simple thing> you would have had <this
> simple and superior solution>". Was I pissed off that my patch didn't
> get merged but that this better approach got picked? NO! The problem
> that I needed to solve got solved in a really good way. Mission
> accomplished.
>
> (and merging the code that is cleaning up/smallest is a reasonable one
> to pick for someone like Linus, likewise for the "which is likely to be
> maintained best" arguments)
Very rational. I would now have to contend that CFS didn't lose and
neither did SD. Linux won.
Thank you very much.
Best Regards,
Carlo
--
Carlo Florendo
Softare Engineer/Network Co-Administrator
Astra Philippines Inc.
UP-Ayala Technopark, UP Campus Diliman
1101 Quezon City, Philippines
http://www.astra.ph
--
The Astra Group of Companies
5-3-11 Sekido, Tama City
Tokyo 206-0011, Japan
http://www.astra.co.jp
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org
More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread]
Configure |
About |
News |
Add a list |
Sponsored by KoreLogic