Re: [PATCH] Remove Bitkeeper documentation from Linux tree

Daniel Phillips (phillips@bonn-fries.net)
Sat, 20 Apr 2002 19:05:40 +0200


On Sunday 21 April 2002 01:15, Kenneth Johansson wrote:
> Daniel Phillips wrote:
>
> > My conclusion: though there are more BK patches being applied to Linus's
> > tree than non-BK, they are generating less discussion on lkml than non-BK
> > patches do. Or to put it bluntly: BK patches are not being discussed.
>
> I think your conclusion is wrong and there has always gone patches directly to
> Linus even before BK. With BK we can actually see who did what and often why so if
> something gets in that should not we know who to blame. If anything this should
> make people think one extra time before hitting the send button.

Good point. Perhaps we extend this idea to: A patch goes into the tree that
really should have been discussed but wasn't, now we know who to beat up.
Err, like the BK documentation patch.

-- 
Daniel
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