linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] Squashfs pull request for 2.6.29

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Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.2.00.0901091356160.6528@localhost.localdomain>
Date:	Fri, 9 Jan 2009 13:56:54 -0800 (PST)
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	Phillip Lougher <phillip@...gher.demon.co.uk>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] Squashfs pull request for 2.6.29



On Fri, 9 Jan 2009, Alan Cox wrote:

> > Of course, this assumes that someone will actually perform that testing
> > and review.  Chances are that it'll just sit there, getting nothing more
> > than compilation testing.
> 
> Almost every distribution ships the updated version and has done for ages
> - exactly what kind of testing is going to beat that ?

Yes, if this is really in use by everybody, then not merging it is kind of 
pointless. 

		Linus
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