Re: CML2 design philosophy heads-up

[Matthew Wilcox <matthew@wil.cx>]

Eric S. Raymond wrote:
> Reasoned objections can change my behavior. Grunting territorial
> challenges at me will not. You have two options: (1) persuade Linus
> that the whole CML2 thing is a bad idea and should be dropped, or (2)
> work with me to correct any errors I have made and improve the system.
> Growling at me and hoping I go away won't work, not when I've invested
> a year's effort in this project.

Eric, you're trying to do too much too quickly.  Wait until 2.5 to clean
stuff up.  That's what the rest of us have to do, even for some things
which are real bugs rather than infelicities in the current design.
You can't treat this as an all-or-nothing deal.  Some of your ideas for
CML2 are right, and some aren't.  Get the non-controversial bits in,
then fight over the ideas that're worth fighting for.

Yes, CML2 enables a more task-based than hardware-based approach, and
I think that's generally a good thing; but I do believe that this isn't
going to be suitable for everyone.  Let's work up to it gradually.

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