Re: If you want kbuild 2.5, tell Linus

[John Alvord]

On Tue, 4 Jun 2002 00:10:05 +0200, Diego Calleja <[e-mail]>
wrote:

>It'd be easier if Linus would say now:
>
>"KEITH, I'LL MERGE KBUILD 2.5"
>
>
>but he must have some reason. Perhaps I don't understand it because I
>haven't to make happy to such mass of people ;)

Linus is doing things in his style. He has chosen a trusted lieutenant
(Kai) who is not a committed "true believer". Kai will work through
kbuild 2.5 and feed it to Linus in small batches. Keith will (should)
work with Kai. Thus a delegation and filtering step so Linus doesn't
have to understand every aspect of the change. Kai has done it before
(ISDN code) and Linus trusts him.

Management 101...

john alvord