On Fri, May 01, 2009 at 01:22:58PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: > On Fri, 1 May 2009 09:58:03 -0700 > David VomLehn <dvomlehn@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Yes, we do need a good name, so we are now guaranteed to be entering > > the Bike Shed Zone. > > Getting the name right is important! We live with the decision daily, > for years. Please don't misunderstand; I was agreeing that we need a *good* name! And making the (intended to be humorous) comment about bike shedding. > > I've avoided making any guarantees about this, but /sbin/init is implicitly > > the red line. If we make this explicit, we're probably back in the vicinity > > of the bike shed, but this should help frame any subsequent discussion > > in a concrete manner. > > Well, decisions which are made here can make the difference between > "computer boots" and "computer doesn't boot". That ain't bikeshed > painting. Again, I agree on the importance of this. At the same time, we risk kickstarting an abstract and long-winded philosophical discourse on what the "right" choice is. It does seem as though these usually do yield, as a minimum, a better understanding of what we're doing, and I am all in favor of that. David VomLehn -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-usb" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
