From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261449AbVACN6K (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Jan 2005 08:58:10 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261450AbVACN6K (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Jan 2005 08:58:10 -0500 Received: from mailout.stusta.mhn.de ([141.84.69.5]:12549 "HELO mailout.stusta.mhn.de") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S261449AbVACN6G (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Jan 2005 08:58:06 -0500 Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2005 14:58:05 +0100 From: Adrian Bunk To: "Robert W. Fuller" Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Reviving the concept of a stable series (was Re: starting with 2.7) Message-ID: <20050103135805.GB2980@stusta.de> References: <1697129508.20050102210332@dns.toxicfilms.tv> <20050102203615.GL29332@holomorphy.com> <20050102212427.GG2818@pclin040.win.tue.nl> <20050102214211.GM29332@holomorphy.com> <20050102221534.GG4183@stusta.de> <20050102232102.GN26717@gallifrey> <41D91707.6040102@tlinx.org> <41D937D5.7010105@sbcglobal.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <41D937D5.7010105@sbcglobal.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6+20040907i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Jan 03, 2005 at 07:17:25AM -0500, Robert W. Fuller wrote: >... > 3. If progress is to be made in the development model for Linux, then > people need to be less reactionary. In other words, don't criticize > changes in the development model unless you have a suggestion for > progressing the model. You can compare the old development model with the new development model, and if you think the progression is a regression it's not reactionary but simply correct to ask for going back to the old model. It's a bit like at the height of the "new economy" hype: "Reactionary" people who didn't believe in the wonders of the "new economiy" but bought "old economy" stocks (or no stocks at all) lost less money. cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed