Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 23 Jun 1999 21:32:33 +0200 (CEST) | From | Rik van Riel <> | Subject | Re: Why Linux is doomed (was: Re: FENRIS (nwfs) 1.4.2 Source Code Available) |
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On 23 Jun 1999 leitner@convergence.de wrote:
[snip frustration]
> 1. No More Function Renaming. > 2. No more incompatible changes.
"No more progress" Sometimes we need to do that in order to move beyond where we are today/were yesterday. Every OS does things like that -- even DOS went through such changes.
> 3. Create some decent abstractions.
Show Me The Code(tm) Linux is coded (mostly) by volunteers. They code it because they like it and they don't have to take orders from people who don't even use "please"...
> 4. When you do a change in the kernel, DOCUMENT IT.
Feel free to write some documentation. I know I do and you're more than welcome to help.
cheers,
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