Re: Linux 2.5.75

From: Horst von Brand <vonbrand@inf.utfsm.cl>
To: Russell King <rmk@arm.linux.org.uk>
Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Linux 2.5.75
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2003 15:59:57 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200307112000.h6BJxwaL012856@eeyore.valparaiso.cl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 11 Jul 2003 00:05:46 +0100." <20030711000546.B20214@flint.arm.linux.org.uk>

Russell King <rmk@arm.linux.org.uk> said:

[...]

> The major problem is that embedded developers only care about what
> works for them and what they can provide to their customers.  Once
> that's done, they don't have any interest in cleaning stuff up nor
> feeding obvious bug fixes back up.

I think this is rather uncivilized behaviour. Somebody called the work
invested in the general infrastructure or just donating money "watering the
garden". If they don't do that, they have no right to wonder later why it
dried up.
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