From: J.R. M. <jr...@gm...> - 2008-11-17 18:49:12
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On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 1:35 PM, Shem Multinymous <mul...@gm...> wrote: > On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 12:13 PM, J.R. Mauro <jr...@gm...> wrote: >> There are several utilities maintained by this author, and finding >> some way to merge the code has been tried more than once. If you look >> back far enough, Andrew asked to have another of the project's members >> sign off on the patch, and maybe that would be acceptable enough, but >> afaik the author has never responded directly to that idea. > > We've discussed that in private at the time, and recently on LKML too. > In summary: > I'm fine with that, and so is everybody I talked to (including Linus), > except Greg KH who vetoed it since he believes the code is irrevocably > and contagiously evil. Does Greg know that both Linus and Andrew have ok'd a second signoff? > > Shem > |