Messages in this thread | | | From | Al Boldi <> | Subject | Re: How to improve the quality of the kernel? | Date | Fri, 22 Jun 2007 00:33:13 +0300 |
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Adrian Bunk wrote: > On Thu, Jun 21, 2007 at 04:41:28PM +0300, Al Boldi wrote: > > Adrian Bunk wrote: > > > Talk is cheap, but unless YOU will do it your emails will only be a > > > waste of bandwidth. > > > > Thanks, and good luck with involving people with this kind of response! > > It's simply how kernel development works - not by talking but by doing > the work.
This sounds like a brute-force approach, akin to hacking.
I think it's much more productive to analyze the problem and then design a solution accordingly.
> Many people thought long-term maintainance for 2.6.16 wouldn't make sense. > And I didn't start long discussions whether we need regression tracking - > I simply did it.
Maybe because you are a PRO.
> These are things that simply happened because I thought they were > important - and because I got my ass up to do them myself. > > Don't expect anyone to jump up to do it only because of your talk. > YOU must offer something, and it will work if it's then accepted by > people. > > If you think what you have in mind is both doable and important just do > it. You will find out where the problems lie yourself. > You might be able to prove me and all other people who think it would > not work wrong. > You might fail, e.g. because people will not adopt whatever you have in > mind because they don't like it for some reason, but that's part of how > development works, and you'll never know unless you try it.
Thanks!
-- Al
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