linux-kernel - Re: Freezing filesystems (Was Re: What's in store for 2008 for TuxOnIce?)

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <477BDE0C.8040302@tmr.com>
Date:	Wed, 02 Jan 2008 13:55:08 -0500
From:	Bill Davidsen <davidsen@....com>
To:	Theodore Tso <tytso@....edu>,
	Nigel Cunningham <nigel@...el.suspend2.net>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>,
	pm list <linux-pm@...ts.linux-foundation.org>,
	"The place to get help!" <suspend2-users@...ts.tuxonice.net>,
	suspend2-devel@...ts.tuxonice.net,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Freezing filesystems (Was Re: What's in   store for 2008 for
 TuxOnIce?)

Theodore Tso wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 02, 2008 at 10:54:18AM +1100, Nigel Cunningham wrote:
>>> I would also like the TuxOnIce issues related to drivers, ACPI, etc. to go to
>>> one of the kernel-related lists, but I think linux-pm may be better for that
>>> due to the much lower traffic.
>> I guess that makes sense. I guess people can always be referred to LKML
>> for the issues where the appropriate person isn't on linux-pm.
> 
> Hi Nigel,
> 
> I'd really recommend pushing the TuxOnIce discussions to LKML.  That
> way people can see the size of the user community and Andrew and Linus
> can see how many people are using TuxOnIce.  They can also see how
> well the TuxOnIce community helps address user problems, which is a
> big consideration when Linus decides whether or not to merge a
> particular technology. 
> 
> If the goal is eventual merger of TuxOnIce, LKML is really the best
> place to have the discussions.  Examples such as Realtime, CFS, and
> others have shown that you really want to keep the discussion front
> and center.  When one developer says, "not my problem; my code is
> perfect", and the other developer is working with users who report
> problems, guess which technology generally ends up getting merged by
> Linus?
> 
Judging from the fact that TuxOnIce is still excluded, I would say the 
answer is obvious. :-(
Posession is nine points of the law...

-- 
Bill Davidsen <davidsen@....com>
   "We have more to fear from the bungling of the incompetent than from
the machinations of the wicked."  - from Slashdot
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/