linux-kernel - Re: Who wants to maintain KR list for stable releases? (was Re: nmi

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Date:	Thu, 30 Aug 2007 11:54:32 -0400
From:	Bill Davidsen <davidsen@....com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Natalie Protasevich <protasnb@...il.com>,
	David Rees <drees76@...il.com>,
	Daniel Walker <dwalker@...sta.com>,
	Michal Piotrowski <michal.k.k.piotrowski@...il.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Björn Steinbrink 
	<B.Steinbrink@....de>, eranian@....hp.com, ak@...e.de,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject:  Re: Who wants to maintain KR list for stable releases? (was Re: 
  nmi_watchdog=2 regression in 2.6.21)

Adrian Bunk wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 29, 2007 at 12:42:02AM -0700, Natalie Protasevich wrote:
>> ...
>> Then I think bugzilla needs:
>>      adding more categories such as security,
> 
> "security" would be a flag like "regression", not a category.
> 
>> system calls (lots of
>> implementation suggestions for posix and non-posix ones),
>> ...
> 
> Bugzilla is for tracking bugs, not for discussing possible
> kernel features.
> 
> Tracking feature or implementation suggestions wouldn't make sense. 
> Consider e.g. that there are several people on linux-kernel who often 
> write what they think the kernel should do but who never write a single 
> line of code themselves. There's no value in tracking such stuff.
> 
That's an interesting viewpoint, only programmers have useful 
thoughts... ignoring users, people who have CS degrees but don't code, 
etc. I would think there's value in any rational suggestions which 
include technical justification for the suggestion.

-- 
Bill Davidsen <davidsen@....com>
   "We have more to fear from the bungling of the incompetent than from
the machinations of the wicked."  - from Slashdot

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