Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 01 Aug 2007 15:12:31 +0800 | From | Carlo Florendo <> | Subject | Re: [ck] Re: Linus 2.6.23-rc1 -- It does not matter who's code gets merged! |
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Arjan van de Ven wrote: > Let me repeat the key message: > > It does not matter who's code gets merged. > It does not matter who's code gets merged. > It does not matter who's code gets merged. > It does not matter who's code gets merged. > > What matters is that the problem gets solved and that the Linux kernel > innovates forward.
This, I think, is what really really matters in the end.
> I've had several cases myself where I spent quite some time solving a > problem, just to get some random remark from someone smart on lkml > saying "if you had done <this simple thing> you would have had <this > simple and superior solution>". Was I pissed off that my patch didn't > get merged but that this better approach got picked? NO! The problem > that I needed to solve got solved in a really good way. Mission > accomplished. > > (and merging the code that is cleaning up/smallest is a reasonable one > to pick for someone like Linus, likewise for the "which is likely to be > maintained best" arguments)
Very rational. I would now have to contend that CFS didn't lose and neither did SD. Linux won.
Thank you very much.
Best Regards,
Carlo
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