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Matthew Jacob writes:
> > If the answer from the person who would have to approve the code had
> > come back "Ok, provide the code and we'll see how well it works in
> > practice", I'd do the code. But when it appears the code would never
> > make it into the tree to be used, why waste my time?
> 'coz we're taking a page from Linus.

Does Linus tell people something is a bad idea, and then use it
anyway? Or does he just not bother to respond to questions about
whether or not something would be a usefull addition?

	<mike



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