New maintainers for the x86 architecture

New maintainers for the x86 architecture

Posted Oct 23, 2007 2:02 UTC (Tue) by elanthis (subscriber, #6227)
In reply to: New maintainers for the x86 architecture by MisterIO
Parent article: New maintainers for the x86 architecture

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.

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> 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.]