Re: Patch Acceptance Procedure

From: Greg KH (gregat_private)
Date: Mon Jul 23 2001 - 16:08:54 PDT

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    On Mon, Jul 23, 2001 at 03:55:03PM -0700, Casey Schaufler wrote:
    > Greg KH wrote:
    > 
    > > Personally, I have only rejected patches from 1 group (the audit
    > > patches), and have gladly applied all others.
    > > 
    > > So where is the problem?
    > 
    > Err, do I really have to answer that one?
    
    Yes, if you have a problem with the work I have been doing on this
    project, please let me know.  Without feedback, I have no idea if
    someone doesn't like what I am doing, and hence, I will not change my
    direction.
    
    I did address the SGI patches that I rejected in the next sentence I
    wrote, which you snipped.
    
    And to address the problem if Chris and I start getting mad at each
    other, start to pull patches that the other one applies, and generally
    cause mayhem in the lsm tree.  Someone will get tired of us, take the
    code (remember it _is_ open source) and go off and do it themselves,
    probably bringing along the rest of the group who is also tired of our
    antics.  That's the beauty of open source.  If you don't like the job
    that I'm doing, Chris is doing, or anyone else is doing, take the stuff
    and do it yourself.  No one is in control of you doing whatever you want
    with the code.
    
    So that is the main reason why there are not loony things like "voting
    systems" on "goodness" of patches, "time periods of comments", and other
    such bureaucracies in open source projects.  It is not needed.
    
    Hell, I've been thinking of starting my own bk tree lately as I've
    gotten very annoyed at the fact that the tree is broken.  But I trust
    that Chris is working the best that he can on it, and he is.  Because of
    that trust I have in him, I'm not going to go off and do my own thing.
    
    thanks,
    
    greg k-h
    
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