Re: [GIT PULL] SCSI fixes for 2.6.32-rc3

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On Thu, 2009-10-08 at 12:55 -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Thu, 8 Oct 2009, James Bottomley wrote:
> > 
> > Could I remind you that at the last kernel summit I was the one
> > advocating for holding drivers out of tree until they met our standards
> > and you were the one who told me not to do this ... Jon even captured
> > it:
> 
> What the hell is wrong with you?
> 
> You're bringing up total red herrings that have nothing to do with 
> anything.
> 
> My point is:
>  - that's not just another driver. That's FIFTY THOUSANDS LINES OF 
>    LARGELY INFRASTRUCTURE CRAP.
> 
>  - I'm not arguing that we shouldn't merge the driver
> 
>  - I'm arguing that you damn well should have used the merge window for 
>    something like this!
> 
> What part of "it's already -rc3, and you're pushing 50kloc of crap that 
> almost nobody will care about" can you not understand?
> 
> What part of "merge window" do you have issues with?

OK, you're saying the merge window exemption should only apply to
drivers which meet our coding standards.

That's fine, I can live with that ... and that's how we'll operate in
future.

> What part of "sure, I'll take new drivers after the merge window, but COME 
> &*^@ ON!" do you have trouble understanding?

What does the ^@ mean again?

> Stop bringing up totally irrelevant crap.

James


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