From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932239AbWDYOii (ORCPT ); Tue, 25 Apr 2006 10:38:38 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932240AbWDYOii (ORCPT ); Tue, 25 Apr 2006 10:38:38 -0400 Received: from mail1.webmaster.com ([216.152.64.168]:27145 "EHLO mail1.webmaster.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932239AbWDYOih (ORCPT ); Tue, 25 Apr 2006 10:38:37 -0400 From: "David Schwartz" To: "Linux-Kernel@Vger. Kernel. Org" Subject: RE: C++ pushback Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2006 07:37:42 -0700 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) In-Reply-To: X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2869 Importance: Normal X-Authenticated-Sender: joelkatz@webmaster.com X-Spam-Processed: mail1.webmaster.com, Tue, 25 Apr 2006 07:33:39 -0700 (not processed: message from trusted or authenticated source) X-MDRemoteIP: 206.171.168.138 X-Return-Path: davids@webmaster.com X-MDaemon-Deliver-To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Reply-To: davids@webmaster.com X-MDAV-Processed: mail1.webmaster.com, Tue, 25 Apr 2006 07:33:40 -0700 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > > I don't recall anyone asking you to so much as lift a > > finger. Feel free to > > invest your effort where you feel it will do the most good, and > > try not to > > criticize others for doing the same with their own resources. > As far as they intend to stay away from the main kernel tree, I don't > critize anybody. But for example renaming otherwise logically > named structure > members (`class' etc.) just for C++ compatibility _IS_ wasting time of > other people, who need to remember new names, review the patch and so on. Hahaha. So now, it's not good enough that they not ask you to do anything, they have to actively *prevent* you from choosing to waste time on their changes? DS