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New maintainers for the x86 architectureNew maintainers for the x86 architecturePosted Oct 22, 2007 19:49 UTC (Mon) by MisterIO (guest, #36192)In reply to: New maintainers for the x86 architecture by shalem Parent article: New maintainers for the x86 architecture
Oh,come on,you can't be serious!It's just that I think that a lot of kernel developers seem to be too much egocentric.And what exactly do you find so much disturbing about my comment?There are a lot of excerpts posted on lwn taken from weekly posts on lkml that are a lot more aggressive than this one.Are they acceptable just because it's Linus or some other important kernel developer to make them?I think that a bit of irony and friendly-aggresivity is good to do not take ourselves too much seriously. P.S. "to do not take ourselves too much seriously" is directly translated from italian,so I'm not sure if it's comprehensible.I hope it is.:)
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New maintainers for the x86 architecture Posted Oct 22, 2007 21:31 UTC (Mon) by i3839 (subscriber, #31386) [Link] > And what exactly do you find so much disturbing about my comment? No offence meant, but you asked, so to be honest: Grammar, punctuation, spelling, and most of all, the content (or lack thereof). The quantity is also higher than appeasing, just count the number of inane comments you posted on this page already. When posting something, ask yourself, "might someone want to read this?". If you have something to tell, tell, don't expect people to be telepathic, write it out. Ideally you also back up whatever you write with either an explanation, arguments or references. Before hitting the publish button, read what you wrote, check it for basic linguistic errors, and evaluate whether it's worth the web space and people's time reading it.
New maintainers for the x86 architecture Posted Oct 23, 2007 2:02 UTC (Tue) by elanthis (subscriber, #6227) [Link] It's got nothing to do with ego, dude. He doesn't like the approach. He would not enjoy working on that subsystem. He didn't whine and cry and scream (like some maintainers). He simply said that he isn't interested in working on the merged system, and stepped aside so that others who don't mind can do the work. It's his time, it's his volunteer work. If he isn't happy working on a piece of code, why should he? Nothing to do with ego, just taste. He'll find something else to help out with that doesn't bother him as much, as the world will keep turning.
New maintainers for the x86 architecture Posted Oct 25, 2007 22:08 UTC (Thu) by joern (subscriber, #22392) [Link] > He simply said that he isn't interested in working on the merged system Unless I missed something, this is wrong. Andi is not interested in _maintaining_ the merged architecture. Maintenance includes reponsibility and not wanting to be responsible for the merged architecture is quite understandable, given his numerous objections. But I would be quite surprise if Andi will stop working on x86_64 completely. [side note: He was frequently proclaimed maintainer of i386 as well, but never wanted the job.]
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