Re: Which is simpler? (Was Re: [Suspend2-devel] Re: [ 00/10] [Suspend2] Modules support.)

["Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@sisk.pl>]

Hi,

On Wednesday 08 February 2006 08:33, Nigel Cunningham wrote:
> On Wednesday 08 February 2006 16:59, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> > On Wednesday 08 February 2006 00:11, Nigel Cunningham wrote:
> > > On Wednesday 08 February 2006 09:02, Pavel Machek wrote:
}-- snip --{
> > > > Lee is a programmer. He wants faster swsusp, and improving uswsusp is
> > > > currently best way to get that. It may be alpha/beta quality, but
> > > > someone has to start testing, and Lee should be good for that (played
> > > > with realtime kernels etc...). Actually it is in good enough state
> > > > that I'd like non-programmers to test it, too.
> > > 
> > > Ok. So Lee might be ok to test uswsusp. But this is your approach
> > > regardless of who is emailing you. You consistently tell people to fix
> > > problems themselves and send you a patch. That's not what a maintainer
> > > should do. They're supposed to maintain, not get other people to do the
> > > work. They're supposed to be helpful, not a source of anxiety. You might be
> > > the maintainer of swsusp in name, but you're not in practice. Please, lift
> > > your game!
> > 
> > I strongly disagree with this opinion.  I don't think there's any problem with
> > Pavel, at least I haven't had any problems in communicating with him.
> 
> You seem to be the only person around who gets on well with him.

Well, that's probably because I always do my best to be nice and follow the
rules that Pavel sets.  I post patches to modify the existing code and not to
replace it top-down.  I keep them as compact as reasonably possible
and focus on one thing at a time.  I remove the parts that Pavel and other
people don't like or I try to modify these parts to be more acceptable.
Etc.  This is not _that_ difficult.

> Please, more people step up and tell me I'm wrong. I am only going off the
> mailing list afterall, and not daily personal interaction of some other kind.
> 
> > Moreover, I don't think the role of maintainer must be to actually write the
> > code.  From my point of view Pavel is in the right place, because I need
> > someone to tell me if I'm going to do something stupid who knows the kernel
> > better than I do.
> 
> By definition, if they don't maintain code, their not a maintainer. If they
> only tell someone that they're going to do something stupid, they're a
> code reviewer.

Well, this is your opinion.

In my opinion a maintainer need not be a developer.  The dictionary definition
of "to maintain" is "to keep a road, machine, building, etc. in good condition"
(http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=48204&dict=CALD)
which need not impy any development.

Greetings,
Rafael
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