Re: Linux-2.1.98..

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Fri, 24 Apr 1998 14:55:36 +0100 (BST)


> Saying each time "while Linus is in diaperville everyone just use the
> CVS tree" is wrong, because it's nice for the moment and for the
> developers who want to get their stuff in quickly "somewhere" (and

I meant for people who wanted to _test_ current networking/sound/video
while Linus is out.

> here is where the Linus model breaks down, there is no "somewhere" to
> queue your patches in some semi-permanent manner, we've tried to do
> that with vger for a while, but it breaks down) but later it's a pain
> in the ass for me and for Linus because I have to split up 2MB of
> diffs each round and get them to him cleanly, and worse yet some of
> these patches end up overlapping so sending completely clean stuff is
> an utter nightmare.

There isnt an answer to this one unless Linus changes his way of working
and we find a way we can do that without losing the advantages of the Linus
Torvalds bogoid code filter or someone teaches him to use a condom ;)

Alan

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