Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2004 15:35:50 -0800 From: Randy Bush <randy@psg.com> To: Brad Knowles <brad.knowles@skynet.be> Cc: Quincey Koziol <koziol@ncsa.uiuc.edu> Subject: Re: Aligning GENERIC with NOTES? Message-ID: <20040217233555.1155043D1F@mx1.FreeBSD.org> References: <200402162041.i1GKfV4s056904@sleipnir.ncsa.uiuc.edu> <xzpznbiyc4z.fsf@dwp.des.no> <p06002004bc56f22c9401@[172.29.253.253]> <200402171938.i1HJckEA005628@dee.skynet.be> <p0600200ebc58333220ea@[172.29.253.253]>
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>> pola. this is purely cosmetic. please don't break my ediff. > POLA is actually the principle you are violating most by taking > this stance. You and I both know that this is -CURRENT, and is the > place where big changes are made. This is the place where this kind > of change would be made, if ever. > > It is the less experienced/less knowledgeable people for whom we > should be concerned about with regards to POLA. and when current becomes stable? what is the functional improvement of the change? what will the user actually get for the pain? a very very few of us who think the generic kernel text has crufted to the max over the years will. 10^(2..3) users who just make kernels will not be happy. randy
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