Re: Linus is on a powertrip..

Eric S. Raymond (esr@thyrsus.com)
Wed, 30 Sep 1998 00:46:27 -0400


Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com>:
> It's not about a powertrip. It's about the fact that Linux is getting
> larger, and that forces me to require more of people sending me patches.
> Long gone are the times when you could just send me a patch and I could
> apply it without thinking about it.

I think most people recognize this, understand the increasing pressure,
and sympathize with your position. On the other hand, all these stories
about repeated patch resubmissions being necessary sound all too plausible
in the absence of any official, publicly visible patch queue with your
annotations on it.

I think it would help matters all around if there were a web page somewhere
listing pending patches and even as little as a one-line comment from you
as to where they are in the integration process. It might even help you
organize your own work better.

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