Hi,
I hope that people understand that we must be _very_ careful with what goes
into Linux-IrDA at this moment. A CVS style development _will_ definitively
screw things up! If people suddenly joins and wants to contribute, then
they must accept that I need to be suspisious about that they want to
do. Especially if they show lack of knowledge about how IrDA actually
works. When somebody sends in a patch, I look at it, and thinks this is
really great. He/she has found yet another bug in the stack. But I
sometimes cannot apply the patch fully because it will either breaks other
things, or doesn't follow the spec in an acceptable way. That person might
think it's correct (the reason he/she gets so angry), but he doesn't know
either the Linux-IrDA arch or the specs properly. I usually end up applying
the stuff I feel is safe, and merges it with the code I have written
myself. The result is something that I think is the best way ahead, even if
it's buggy or has a few errors. Those things will eventually be fixed.
My patches only shows where my current development is going. I started the
Ultra work, and I'm going to do it my way. If somebody disagree they should
maintain their own Ultra patches. It's really that simple! My only mistake
as I see it, is that I made some patches to early. This speeds the
development process, but makes people angry because some features doesn't
work or compile properly. It will probably not happen again, which is sad,
since waiting for a new patch will be like waiting for PyOBEX. I'm not so
sure I want to release PyOBEX if this is going to be the result!
I must admit that the current focus the last week has been IrCOMM and
memory leaks hunting (not Ultra as many people think). Both Chris Richards
and Pontus Fuchs are making more contribution to Linux-IrDA than most
others (that claims so). But in contrast to some people, they do not teach
me new English words in every mail.
The best contributer of the week is definitively Chris Richards. I just
mention this so that people on the list don't get the wrong impression
about the Linux-IrDA development. Many companies are interested in
Linux-IrDA, and I hope they don't get scared by the latest mails. That Jean
Tourrilhes of HEWLETT-PACKARD makes this list an uncomfortable place to be,
is just something I just have to apologize for.
-- Dag
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