linux-kernel - Re: [linux-pm] [PATCH 0/8] Suspend block api (version 8)

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Message-ID: <4BFFCFC7.7070302@nokia.com>
Date:	Fri, 28 May 2010 17:14:31 +0300
From:	Igor Stoppa <igor.stoppa@...ia.com>
To:	tytso@....edu, Igor Stoppa <igor.stoppa@...ia.com>,
	ext Brian Swetland <swetland@...gle.com>,
	ext Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>,
	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Florian Mickler <florian@...kler.org>,
	Linux PM <linux-pm@...ts.linux-foundation.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Linux OMAP Mailing List <linux-omap@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Balbi Felipe (Nokia-D/Helsinki)" <felipe.balbi@...ia.com>
Subject: Re: [linux-pm] [PATCH 0/8] Suspend block api (version 8)

ext tytso@....edu wrote:

> Linus will disagree with you there.  Linus *has* merged code on the
> basis that it is shipping in distributions, regardless of the fact
> that some developers objected to it.  Sometimes "perfect" should not
> be the enemy of "good enough" shipping code.
>   

"good enough" is very subjective, in this case

> If everyone agrees we're making progress, and we can let this 100+
> mail thread keep going.

I have seen very good proposals for saner solutions.

Is that progress?

igor
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