linux-kernel - Re: [git pull] drm request 3

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Date:	Fri, 5 Mar 2010 12:29:23 +0000
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Adam Jackson <ajax@...hat.com>,
	Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>,
	Dave Airlie <airlied@...ux.ie>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	dri-devel@...ts.sf.net
Subject: Re: [git pull] drm request 3

> So man up, guys. Face the problem, rather than say "well, it's staging", 
> or "well, we can revert it". Neither of those really solve anything in the 
> short run _or_ the long run.

Linus stop and think for a minute instead. Maybe a timeline would help


		Nouveau development starts
		People ship highly experimental stuff for testers
		Code gets to the "works but really needs a clean up point"

		Linus demands it is merged
		Linus gets it merged as staging

		Developers start doing the cleanup

		Linus throws a tantrum because they did the cleanup after
		merge


*YOU* forced the early merge (rightly or wrongly)
*YOU* effectively created the API break problem

So blaming other people is quite out of order.

Alan
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