[regarding complaints about BitKeeper use in Linux kernel development, buy a guy who never contributed one patch to the Linux kernel] The fact that Linus and Marcelo (and a few of their close friends) chose to use that tool doesn't mean you have to too. You can still send in patches like you always did [1]. [1] If you ever did :) reminds me of that old joke, of a guy breaking his arm and getting a cast. He asks his doctor: "Doctor, when will I be able to play piano?", to which the doctor replies "I believe within two weeks". The guy exclaims: "that's great, I could never play piano before!". -- Nadav Har'El | Saturday, Sep 28 2002, 22 Tishri 5763 [replying to an opinion that internationalization (Hebrew-fication of Linux) requires a lot of cooperation] Most of the i18n does not actually require cooperation of many people. Fribidi exists because Dov decided to write it, not because we discussed it it in the ivrix-discuss mailing list (these arguments existed, and maybe they helped Roozbe end Behdad to improve fribidi in some respects, but they weren't necessary). Hspell (the Hebrew spell-checker project) exists and actually works because Dan and I busted our a**es for two months, not because 20 people met and discussed it. I am not saying, obviously, that discussion isn't good - it gives the developers fresh ideas, let them cross- pollinate their project, find new workers on their projects. -- Nadav Har'El | Saturday, Jan 11 2003, 8 Shevat 5763