On Sat, 29 Dec 2001, Keith Owens wrote:
> ps. I don't want mail discussing individual bug fixes to mkdep. Code
> that does not fix _all_ 9 bugs listed in makefile-2.5_make_dep.html
> is pointless.
I guess you presented a good point to not ignore bug number
10 (the speed one) either. ;)
On Fri, 28 Dec 2001, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> Having per-function comment blocks, in contrast, makes sense to have
> inline:
>
> - you read the comment when you read the function
> - you might even update the comment when you update the function
> - you have a reasonable 1:1 relationship.
Pers
On Wed, 5 Dec 2001, Rob Landley wrote:
> 3) The fact Linus was cc'd on this before I trimmed it suggests to me
> that people are still wishfully thinking that the battle they lost
> before the linux-kernel summit would just magically re-open at the
> last minute. It's not about the fact that rei
On Tue, 4 Dec 2001, Eric S. Raymond wrote:
> > Don't do it!
> > A stable kernel should be stable also on the building tools.
>
> That will be Marcelo's call, not mine.
Ohhh, that sounds a lot like "I'm not the maintainer, I'm
not responsible for the code I submit" ;)))
*runs like hell*
Rik
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On Fri, 22 Jun 2001, Eric S. Raymond wrote:
> I have proposed that the MAINTAINERS file should be replaced by
> metadata markup in the kernel sources themselves, distributed so that
> it will naturally be kept up to date by the people named in it and
> mechanically gathered into a generated MAINT
On Sun, 22 Apr 2001, Eric S. Raymond wrote:
> Horst von Brand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> > Then explain to everybody here in a language they'll understand _what_ is
> > wrong and _why_. Then propose a solution.
>
> I'm on it. You'll see the results fairly shortly.
"Here, have this solution. I'm su
On Sun, 22 Apr 2001, Eric S. Raymond wrote:
> And before you write me off as one of the $BIGNUM clueless
> visionaries, you might do well to remember that I actually *have*
> radically changed the world lkml operates in. At least twice.
Let me see ...
1) fetchmail, allowing dialup users to get
On Sun, 22 Apr 2001, Eric S. Raymond wrote:
> David Woodhouse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
> > > I've had my nose rubbed in how things really work. That's why I want
> > > to fix the things that are broken about how things really work.
> >
> > Then you're going to conjure up
On Thu, 19 Apr 2001, Richard Gooch wrote:
> > CONFIG_APM_IGNORE_SUSPEND_BOUNCE: arch/i386/kernel/apm.c
> > CONFIG_DEVFS_TTY_COMPAT: Documentation/filesystems/devfs/ChangeLog
> > CONFIG_DEVFS_BOOT_OPTIONS: Documentation/filesystems/devfs/ChangeLog
> > CONFIG_DEVFS_DISABLE_OLD_NAMES: Documentation/
