From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2004 02:24:53 -0800 From: Andrew Morton Subject: Re: 2.6.3-rc1-mm1 Message-Id: <20040209022453.44e7f453.akpm@osdl.org> In-Reply-To: <1076320225.671.7.camel@chevrolet.hybel> References: <20040209014035.251b26d1.akpm@osdl.org> <1076320225.671.7.camel@chevrolet.hybel> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org Return-Path: To: Stian Jordet Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org List-ID: Stian Jordet wrote: > > man, 09.02.2004 kl. 10.40 skrev Andrew Morton: > > ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.3-rc1/2.6.3-rc1-mm1/ > > Pretty, pretty please take Karstein Keil's big isdn update from > > ftp://ftp.isdn4linux.de/pub/isdn4linux/kernel/v2.6 > Boggle. That thing is 1.8MB. 163 files changed, 25877 insertions(+), 22424 deletions(-) This is the first time that anyone told me that it even existed. How on earth could a patch to a major subsystem grow to such a size in such isolation? When we're at kernel version 2.6.3! How mature is this code? What is its testing status? What is the size of its user base? Is it available as individual, changelogged patches? It would be crazy to simply shut our eyes and slam something of this magnitude into the tree. And it is totally unreasonable to expect interested parties to be able to review and understand it. Could someone please tell me how this situation came about, and what we can do to prevent any reoccurrence? -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@kvack.org. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: aart@kvack.org