Re: [GIT PATCH] final SCSI pieces for the merge window

[David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>]

From: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2007 18:06:51 -0400

> James Bottomley wrote:
> > On Tue, 2007-10-23 at 17:09 -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> >> James Bottomley wrote:
> >>> This should be the final SCSI updates; it's mainly just a few accessor
> >>> completion updates and two driver merges (sym2 and qla2xxx) we also
> >>> secured DaveM's agreement to remove fcal/fc4, which explains the high
> >>> removal line count.
> >>>
> >>> The patch is available here:
> >>>
> >>> master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jejb/scsi-misc-2.6.git
> >> I guess I have the go-ahead to merge the end-CDROM-polling async 
> >> notification work you've been repeatedly ignoring?
> > 
> > I haven't been ignoring it ... it just needs quite a bit of work; the
> > best way to accelerate it seems to be simply to do it (add the
> > supported/trigger event bitmasks and expand the infrastructure).  I just
> > haven't had the time within the merge window.
> 
> James, things cannot get bottlenecked like this.  You have had MONTHS to 
> say something like this.  The code was ready BEFORE the merge window.
> 
> I really think you have the knowledge to be SCSI maintainer, but not the 
> time.

Unfortunately, I think this is an important point.

Developers depend strongly upon a subsystem maintainer to
"make time" for these things so that work integration does
not get delayed past the merge window if at all possible.

Not being able to "make time" to do these things is a great
way to lose contributers.

James, whilst there is no doubt in my mind that skill-wise
you are probably the most capable scsi maintainer, your "lack
of time" is sounding like a broken record and harming the
development process.