linux-kernel - Re: [ck] Re: Linus 2.6.23-rc1

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Date:	Wed, 1 Aug 2007 13:31:41 +0100
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	"Hua Zhong" <hzhong@...il.com>
Cc:	"'Carlo Florendo'" <subscribermail@...il.com>,
	"'Roman Zippel'" <zippel@...ux-m68k.org>,
	"'Linus Torvalds'" <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"'jos poortvliet'" <jos@...nkamer.nl>, <ck@....kolivas.org>,
	"'Michael Chang'" <thenewme91@...il.com>,
	"'Kasper Sandberg'" <lkml@...anurb.dk>,
	"'Linux Kernel Mailing List'" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [ck] Re: Linus 2.6.23-rc1

> has to get the blessing of the maintainer. On the other hand,
> as you just said, the maintainer has no such obligation.

Umm nope. As a maintainer if you feed Linus stuff you wrote that he
thinks is a bad idea it will not go in, and you'll get an explanation of
why. 

The process isn't perfect (eg removing half-vanished maintainers isnt
handled well) but it isn't as you claim.

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