linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH, 3.7-rc7, RESEND] fs: revert commit bbdd6808 to fallocate UAPI

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Message-ID: <20121206120645.GB14100@infradead.org>
Date:	Thu, 6 Dec 2012 07:06:45 -0500
From:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:	Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Martin Steigerwald <Martin@...htvoll.de>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>,
	linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH, 3.7-rc7, RESEND] fs: revert commit bbdd6808 to fallocate
 UAPI

On Thu, Dec 06, 2012 at 12:14:02PM +1100, Dave Chinner wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 05, 2012 at 10:25:17AM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> > Yes, people can argue that "process" is about technical issues too,
> > but let's be honest: our process is fluid. Not everything gets
> > reviewed on the mailing list, and people *do* talk about things
> > face-to-face at conferences.
> 
> Yes, that is true.
> 
> But we don't review code at conferences. We have mailing lists for
> that.  I've lost count of the number of times I've heard "post your
> code" or "let's take it to the list" or "better to discuss this on
> the list where everyone can comment" at conferences such as
> Plumbers. It's a standard practise - talk at conferences, review
> on mailing lists.

Also the only conference outcome I remember is that everyone at LSF
except for Ted basically said "no fucking way".

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