> > succession and workload. As he *is* the only gatekeeper for this > > architecture, this seems like something that we -- as a whole > > community -- should address as a whole. > > He isn't the sole path. If there is stuff he can't/won't > touch for IBM reasons then send it to Andrew Morton and > explain the political situation so that he understands why > the IBM people cannot decide to approve it.
Understood, although Andrew is even busier, and scales even less well. A process that requires exceptions to the process to work is (IMHO) not working. I think your comment is well-taken: > And ultimately if IBM cannot maintain arch/s390 and > arch/s390x maybe they should hand top level maintenance of it > onto someone who can, so that it becomes an S/390 expert who > is the shortcut path around IBM not Andrew Morton. This is exactly what I'm worrying about. I'm convinced that IBM can marshal sufficient resources to vet their own contributions for now. The bigger picture is less clear, other that the end-run to Andrew isn't sustainable either. -- db ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
