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From: Grant Likely <grant.likely@linaro.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 2/9] dt: deps: dependency based device creation
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On Wed, 14 May 2014 23:10:39 +0200, Alexander Holler <holler@ahsoftware.de> wrote:
> Am 14.05.2014 22:06, schrieb Grant Likely:
> > On Wed, 14 May 2014 16:49:05 +0200, Alexander Holler <holler@ahsoftware.de> wrote:
> >> Am 14.05.2014 16:05, schrieb Grant Likely:
> >>> On Mon, 12 May 2014 18:47:53 +0200, Alexander Holler <holler@ahsoftware.de> wrote:
> 
> >> Hmm, I don't really care if that will be merged. I have no motivation to 
> >> fight with Linux kernel maintainers and I don't know if I will spend the 
> >> necessary time to do so.
> > 
> > The people you need to convince are Rob, Greg, and me, and you've got my
> > attention. If I'm convinced, then I can probably convince Greg also.
> > You've got an interesting approach, and I hope you won't give up on it.
> 
> Sorry, but that point of the view is already a problem. Why do I have to
> convince you people?
> 
> To summarize:
> 
> Linux kernel maintainers
> 
> - don't like code they haven't written theirself,
> - don't like code which doesn't look like they have written it theirself,
> - don't like ideas they haven't had themself,
> - do feel good in their closed group they have formed,

I'm sorry that you feel that way and that you don't want to continue
with this. Best wishes.

g.