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

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Message-Id: <20100305.080516.180132092.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Fri, 05 Mar 2010 08:05:16 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk
Cc:	daniel@...ishbar.org, skeggsb@...il.com, airlied@...ux.ie,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, jbarnes@...tuousgeek.org,
	dri-devel@...ts.sf.net, mingo@...e.hu,
	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [git pull] drm request 3

From: Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2010 16:02:17 +0000

>> You can't unleash something like this on a userbase of this magnitude
>> and then throw your hands up in the air and say "I'm not willing to
>> support this in a reasonable way."
> 
> Not to belabour the obvious - they didn't. Linus ordered them to merge it.

And I'm arguing not merging it upstream would be like saying
the same thing.

>> We're better than that.
> 
> If you consider the problem is with the Fedora kernel team decision to
> merge it into Fedora in the first place

For the second time Alan, I don't.

I think Fedora should have merged it.

I think it should be upstream.

And I think the API bustage needs to be avoided.

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