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Subject: Re: [patch] inotify.
From: Robert Love <rml@novell.com>
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On Fri, 2005-06-17 at 18:54 +0100, Christoph Hellwig wrote:

> It's because Robert and John insist on their horrible interface and
> simply ignore any feedback on how to do a better one.

We considered your feedback, Christoph.  Ultimately, John, Andrew, and I
settled on the current approach.  In life, not everyone agrees on every
little detail and there usually exists a large difference between "not
exactly the same" and "horrible".  And never does the histrionics result
in anything productive.

	Robert Love