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From: David Miller <davem-fT/PcQaiUtIeIZ0/mPfg9Q@public.gmane.org>
To: roland-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org
Cc: gerlitz.or-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH for-next 0/9] mlx4 changes in virtual GID management
Date: Sun, 05 Apr 2015 16:46:26 -0400 (EDT)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20150405.164626.1878934248335902055.davem@davemloft.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAG4TOxOv98YjNOi9MbKHiHg6aLw75XRfasMaScdRccRitiE3-g-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>

From: Roland Dreier <roland-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
Date: Sun, 5 Apr 2015 07:51:08 -0700

> On Sat, Apr 4, 2015 at 10:15 PM, Or Gerlitz <gerlitz.or-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>> Indeed. No maintainer voice makes it kind of impossible for
>> discussions to converge. What happens over the last years is that when
>> there's no easy consensus on matter Y, everyone stops breathing and
>> wait to see what happens on the rc1 night, b/c Roland doesn't spell
>> his view/preference (nor exposes his for-next branch till the last
>> minute, see now) many times it seems more as coin flipping.
> 
> To me this attitude shows a failure of the community.  If I need to
> make every decision, then that doesn't scale.  People can ask
> questions a lot more easily than I can answer them.

No, you need to step in and be the benevolent dictator when people
have their thumbs up their asses and can't make up their minds,
otherwise things grind to a halt.
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  parent reply	other threads:[~2015-04-05 20:46 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 34+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-03-29 13:51 [PATCH for-next 0/9] mlx4 changes in virtual GID management Or Gerlitz
     [not found] ` <1427637093-6711-1-git-send-email-ogerlitz-VPRAkNaXOzVWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
2015-03-29 13:51   ` [PATCH for-next 1/9] IB/mlx4: Alias GUID adding persistency support Or Gerlitz
2015-03-29 13:51   ` [PATCH for-next 2/9] net/mlx4_core: Manage alias GUID per VF Or Gerlitz
2015-03-29 13:51   ` [PATCH for-next 3/9] net/mlx4_core: Set initial admin GUIDs for VFs Or Gerlitz
     [not found]     ` <1427637093-6711-4-git-send-email-ogerlitz-VPRAkNaXOzVWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
2015-03-30 17:16       ` Jason Gunthorpe
     [not found]         ` <20150330171631.GA1152-ePGOBjL8dl3ta4EC/59zMFaTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org>
2015-03-31  9:54           ` Or Gerlitz
2015-03-29 13:51   ` [PATCH for-next 4/9] IB/mlx4: Manage admin alias GUID upon admin request Or Gerlitz
2015-03-29 13:51   ` [PATCH for-next 5/9] IB/mlx4: Change init flow to request alias GUIDs for active VFs Or Gerlitz
2015-03-29 13:51   ` [PATCH for-next 6/9] IB/mlx4: Request alias GUID on demand Or Gerlitz
2015-03-29 13:51   ` [PATCH for-next 7/9] net/mlx4_core: Raise slave shutdown event upon FLR Or Gerlitz
2015-03-29 13:51   ` [PATCH for-next 8/9] net/mlx4_core: Return the admin alias GUID upon host view request Or Gerlitz
2015-03-29 13:51   ` [PATCH for-next 9/9] IB/mlx4: Change alias guids default to be host assigned Or Gerlitz
2015-03-30 16:17   ` [PATCH for-next 0/9] mlx4 changes in virtual GID management Or Gerlitz
     [not found]     ` <CAJ3xEMj0T8QXBQdVHmfEFMXwjAFVD-O6ywAwyyVY+M3oRLzAVA-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2015-03-31  3:36       ` David Miller
     [not found]         ` <20150330.233602.155832546277570456.davem-fT/PcQaiUtIeIZ0/mPfg9Q@public.gmane.org>
2015-03-31  3:47           ` Roland Dreier
     [not found]             ` <CAL1RGDUmDGCGdTBeTTBiHygO5UgEbRm_Qgxtx-+bxo1vg1v-8g-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2015-03-31  9:13               ` Sagi Grimberg
     [not found]                 ` <551A6556.9030708-LDSdmyG8hGV8YrgS2mwiifqBs+8SCbDb@public.gmane.org>
2015-03-31 18:46                   ` Jason Gunthorpe
2015-03-31 11:22               ` Or Gerlitz
     [not found]                 ` <CAJ3xEMjfbxt2Ouh4bhuf3_LMc7qY807h6FryvdCr0rr_gdiZAw-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2015-03-31 12:49                   ` Christoph Lameter
     [not found]                     ` <alpine.DEB.2.11.1503310735380.13128-gkYfJU5Cukgdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
2015-03-31 12:57                       ` Hal Rosenstock
     [not found]                         ` <551A99D4.7060703-LDSdmyG8hGV8YrgS2mwiifqBs+8SCbDb@public.gmane.org>
2015-03-31 15:49                           ` Christoph Lameter
2015-03-31 15:50                       ` David Miller
     [not found]                         ` <20150331.115052.1321302787804579694.davem-fT/PcQaiUtIeIZ0/mPfg9Q@public.gmane.org>
2015-03-31 16:29                           ` Christoph Lameter
2015-03-31 15:48                   ` David Miller
     [not found]                     ` <20150331.114824.651005354305268415.davem-fT/PcQaiUtIeIZ0/mPfg9Q@public.gmane.org>
2015-03-31 17:27                       ` Hefty, Sean
     [not found]                         ` <1828884A29C6694DAF28B7E6B8A82373A8FBB790-P5GAC/sN6hkd3b2yrw5b5LfspsVTdybXVpNB7YpNyf8@public.gmane.org>
2015-03-31 20:28                           ` Or Gerlitz
2015-03-31 21:33                             ` Hefty, Sean
     [not found]                               ` <1828884A29C6694DAF28B7E6B8A82373A8FBBCE3-P5GAC/sN6hkd3b2yrw5b5LfspsVTdybXVpNB7YpNyf8@public.gmane.org>
2015-04-02 14:32                                 ` Or Gerlitz
     [not found]                                   ` <CAJ3xEMgptECgnWXfW7wN8sjqRfUvzF3tCN=Lj8MZtdOG8yg3jQ-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2015-04-02 22:31                                     ` ira.weiny
     [not found]                                       ` <20150402223135.GA12588-W4f6Xiosr+yv7QzWx2u06xL4W9x8LtSr@public.gmane.org>
2015-04-05  5:15                                         ` Or Gerlitz
     [not found]                                           ` <CAJ3xEMgsHAFJomuCN+EzMcYaxTOTQqHuDdr9zztuO9pH9QicXw-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2015-04-05 14:51                                             ` Roland Dreier
     [not found]                                               ` <CAG4TOxOv98YjNOi9MbKHiHg6aLw75XRfasMaScdRccRitiE3-g-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2015-04-05 20:46                                                 ` David Miller [this message]
     [not found]                                                   ` <20150405.164626.1878934248335902055.davem-fT/PcQaiUtIeIZ0/mPfg9Q@public.gmane.org>
2015-04-07 17:12                                                     ` Jason Gunthorpe
2015-04-08 13:03                                                 ` Or Gerlitz

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