From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sun, 17 Mar 2002 18:59:05 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sun, 17 Mar 2002 18:58:56 -0500 Received: from 26-072.104.popsite.net ([64.24.54.72]:7940 "EHLO localhost.localdomain") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sun, 17 Mar 2002 18:58:35 -0500 Message-Id: <200203172358.g2HNwPo01891@localhost.localdomain> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.4 06/23/2000 with nmh-1.0.4 To: Dave Jones , Jens Axboe cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, dougg@torque.net Subject: Re: Linux 2.5.6-dj1 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2002 18:58:25 -0500 From: James Bottomley Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Douglas Gilbert said: > There are over 30 scsi subsystem patches backed up in > your tree. Some are over 2 months old. Could > some (or perhaps all) of them get promoted to the > main tree? davej@suse.de said: > Indeed. Once Linus returns from vacation, I'll be doing a > patch-bombing on a larger scale than usual 8-) > Any bits I'm uncertain of, I'll bounce your way first for > clarification, deal ? This really brings up a very important point. As Doug has said before, since there are quite a few patches floating around on the SCSI list and other discussion of structural alteration in there, could we not have our own bitkeeper repository for the SCSI subsystem to keep them all in (and so that we can roll our own patch sets from)? Jens, you're now listed as the SCSI maintainer so you are the person who is supposed to serve as a conduit to Linus for all of the SCSI patches. You would also be the logical person to look after a SCSI bitkeeper repository, so will you look after one for us? I can volunteer to help, and I'm sure others will. I'm getting pretty tired of the snide comments from HW manufacturers and other OS interests about the state of our SCSI subsystem (not to mention unfavourable comparisons from the IDE guys). Perhaps something like this could galvanise the community and serve as a catalyst for a general streamlining of the subsystem. James