Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 30 Jan 2002 12:50:14 +0300 | From | Hans Reiser <> | Subject | Re: A modest proposal -- We need a patch penguin |
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Bill Davidsen wrote:
> >The problem is that you don't trust ANYONE. There is no reason why you >should be looking at small obvious patches to bugs (note bugs, not >enhancements). In the last batch of messages I see agreement from Alan Cox >and Eric Raymond that things are backed up. I see reiser filesystem >patches, from the original developer, labeled "third try." Quite bluntly >he is a hell of a lot better qualified to do bug fixes in that area than >you are. > Whoa, in this case it is Marcelo, and his responsiveness is on the whole simply superb. Right complaint, wrong example. Marcelo also does a great job of having good reasons for rejecting patches on the rare occasions when he does reject them. Is the real problem that you are comparing guys who have neither a day job nor a family to someone who has both? I think maybe it is. Linus, do you have other work responsibilities besides Linux? With funding provided , could you work solely on Linux?
I remember when I used to hold a day job while working on ReiserFS and trying to manage a team of full-time programmers by email. It sucked. There is crap in ReiserFS that went in only because I didn't have time to fight it, and Reiser4 is a very much higher level of quality mainly because I can invest a lot more time into it.
Hans
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