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Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add CONFIG_VFAT_NO_CREATE_WITH_LONGNAMES option
From: Dave Kleikamp <shaggy@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
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Date: Mon, 04 May 2009 10:36:31 -0500
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On Mon, 2009-05-04 at 09:08 -0600, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> On Mon, May 04, 2009 at 07:39:19AM -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> > On Mon, May 04, 2009 at 07:21:19AM -0600, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> > > Bringing the patch to a public mailing list is a waste of time until
> > > there's a reliable description of the problem you're trying to solve.
> > 
> > Please see the original patch.  It does describes what it is doing.
> 
> "What", but not "Why".  Which is only acceptable in GNU changelogs ;-)

Please understand the "Why" is a sticky subject that we can't and won't
discuss in a public forum.  However, we believe the maintainers
understand the "Why" of it well enough to consider whether or not to
include such a patch.  The "What" should be pretty clear from the patch
description.  The "How" is a technical question that can be discussed
here.

Thanks,
Shaggy
-- 
David Kleikamp
IBM Linux Technology Center