| Subject | Re: Request for comment -- a better attribution system | Date | Sat, 21 Apr 2001 23:31:13 -0400 | From | Horst von Brand <> |
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"Eric S. Raymond" <esr@thyrsus.com> said: > Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>: > > It scales perfectly.
> I must say, in the most respectful way possible, "bullshit!"
> Alan, if MAINTAINERS scaled perfectly I wouldn't have had to spend three months > just trying to figure out who was reponsible for each of the [Cc]onfig.in > files. And even with that amount of effort mostly failing.
What makes you think your scheme will fare any differently?
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> I'm an unusually stubborn and persistent person, as you have cause to > know. I really wonder how much good work we've lost because people less > stubborn than me simply gave up on the friction costs of trying to identify > the responsible person(s) for the bits they wanted to change.
They post on LKM as last resort. -- Horst von Brand vonbrand@sleipnir.valparaiso.cl Casilla 9G, Vin~a del Mar, Chile +56 32 672616 - 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/
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