Re: [PATCH] Added CONFIG_VFAT_FS_DUALNAMES option

[OGAWA Hirofumi]

Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> To my mind we need to be careful of three things
>
> - Harming the kernel to work around a potentially country specific
>   unproven problem for the benefit of a few big corporations only

My choice is to provide the option of those to users. I'm not saying to
ripping out the code for some users.

> - Getting into situations where big companies behind closed doors make
>   unaccountable decisions about a project they do not own

Now, I'm not working for any companies. I can say there is no closed
doors for me.

> - Setting trends for country specific fixups. There are a lot of
>   countries and if we keep the US happy we have to keep China happy and
>   so it goes on. Big corporations employ armies of specialists for these
>   purposes and make the gain from it. The community doesn't so it should
>   no more carry the pain of it than of long term stable releases and
>   supporting five year old vendor kernels

I'm just thinking about users. If vendors shipped the buggy code like
first buggy patch, I just thought it's more bad for our users. That's
all.

If there is community decision, I'll be really glad to follow it.

Thanks.
-- 
OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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