Am 09.11.2015 um 09:34 schrieb David Herrmann: > Hi > > On Mon, Nov 9, 2015 at 1:53 AM, Josh Triplett <j...@joshtriplett.org> wrote: >> Quoting Documentation/development-process/1.Intro: > [...] >>> Years of experience with the kernel development community have taught a >>> clear lesson: kernel code which is designed and developed behind closed >>> doors invariably has problems which are only revealed when the code is >>> released into the community. Sometimes these problems are severe, >>> requiring months or years of effort before the code can be brought up to >>> the kernel community's standards. > [...] >> And I've seen you specifically recommend having such conversations early >> and often. > > I think comparing kdbus to "behind closed doors" development models is > unfair. We chose to center our development around DBus, not the > kernel. Anybody who is interested in kdbus discussions could have > easily joined the DBus and systemd communication channels (and *many* > people did). I see little reason in cross-posting everything to LKML, > especially given that our communication is rarely mail-based.
I agree, "behind the doors" is not true. But a mailinglist with achieves would be nice. IIRC last time I've asked you said that all discussion happened privately or on IRC. Which is okay but not that transparent. Thanks, //richard -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/