Re: [PATCH] ktimers subsystem 2.6.14-rc2-kt5

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Mon Oct 17 2005 - 06:00:50 EST



* Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > [...] It will waste my time, I could spend on other projects and it
> > > will put Andrew in the unfortunate position to decide, which patch to
> > > accept. [...]
> >
> > yes, please, put Andrew (and me too) into that unfortunate position!
> > Please, pretty please, get on with the patches!
>
> I'm with Roman on this one - the old "show me the code" trick which
> people use to quash other people's objections is rather poor form - we
> should simply address the objections as raised.
>
> That being said, I'll confess that I've largely ignored this
> discussion in the hope that things would get sorted out. Seems that
> this won't be happening and as Roman's opinions carry weight I do
> intend to solicit a (brief!) summary of his objections from him when
> the patch comes round again. Sorry.

Fine with me. A brief summary of technical objections (without any
personal attacks) is all we wanted to have to begin with. "Show me the
code" was my last-ditch attempt to move this seemingly unmovable
discussion from a communication channel where the chemistry doesnt seem
to work out to a more objective format.

Ingo
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