linux-kernel - Re: Announce: Linux-next (Or Andrew's dream :-))

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Date:	Tue, 12 Feb 2008 14:17:26 -0800
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc:	viro@...IV.linux.org.uk, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
	James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com, jeff@...zik.org,
	davem@...emloft.net, arjan@...radead.org, greg@...ah.com,
	sfr@...b.auug.org.au, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-next@...r.kernel.org, linux-arch@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Announce: Linux-next (Or Andrew's dream :-))

On Tue, 12 Feb 2008 21:51:52 +0000
Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk> wrote:

> > We could simply decide that API changes affecting more than one subsystem
> > Must Be Serialized(tm).  Explicitly.  As in "any such change is posted
> 
> Welcome to dreamland. The only way I can get serial changes done is to
> wait months and eventually simply persuade Andrew to ignore the
> "maintainers" who are basically not responding.

"maintainers"?

I think the best way to get the serial drivers maintained would be to cat
them all onto the end of synclink.c and hope that Paul thinks he did it.

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