From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261506AbVBRVDS (ORCPT ); Fri, 18 Feb 2005 16:03:18 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261452AbVBRVDS (ORCPT ); Fri, 18 Feb 2005 16:03:18 -0500 Received: from smtp109.mail.sc5.yahoo.com ([66.163.170.7]:49043 "HELO smtp109.mail.sc5.yahoo.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S261513AbVBRVC5 convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Fri, 18 Feb 2005 16:02:57 -0500 Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2005 21:45:55 +0100 From: "d.c" To: "Sean" Cc: tytso@mit.edu, vonbrand@inf.utfsm.cl, cfriesen@nortel.com, aradorlinux@yahoo.es, cs@tequila.co.jp, galibert@pobox.com, kernel@crazytrain.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [BK] upgrade will be needed Message-Id: <20050218214555.1f71c2e4.aradorlinux@yahoo.es> In-Reply-To: <4075.10.10.10.24.1108751663.squirrel@linux1> References: <4912.10.10.10.24.1108675441.squirrel@linux1> <200502180142.j1I1gJXC007648@laptop11.inf.utfsm.cl> <1451.10.10.10.24.1108713140.squirrel@linux1> <20050218162729.GA5839@thunk.org> <4075.10.10.10.24.1108751663.squirrel@linux1> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 1.9.2+svn (GTK+ 2.6.1; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org El Fri, 18 Feb 2005 13:34:23 -0500 (EST), "Sean" escribió: > BK already feeds patches out at the head, surely if it's as powerful as > you think, it could feed a free SCM too for your non-bk friends in the > community. Who cares, really? 1) Linux was never supposed to have a "head", but -pre/-rc diff patches 2) And more important, *nobody* works against "linus' bk head". Everyone who is implementing something so intrusive that needs to keep track of the "development head" developes again the _true_ "head" of the linux kernel - akpm's tree. In fact is surprising that so many people are bitching about BK and nobody has complained that the -mm tree is not available through a SCM system (be it free or not), which should be a issue _much_ bigger than any problem you've with BK. I just don't get it, in my opinion people who whines about BK is people who just don't like BK and can't accept the fact that BK is really helping to linux development. When RMS started GNU he had to use non-free tools and systems to work on it because everythin else sucked or it would have been more difficult, I don't think BK is much different in this regard.