On Fri, Dec 08, 2006 at 10:13:48PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote: > On Sat, 9 Dec 2006 04:50:02 +0100 > Herbert Poetzl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Fri, Dec 08, 2006 at 12:57:49PM -0700, Eric W. Biederman wrote: > > > Herbert Poetzl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > > >> But, ok, it is not the real point to argue so much imho > > > >> and waste our time instead of doing things. > > > > > > well, IMHO better talk (and think) first, then implement > > > > something ... not the other way round, and then start > > > > fixing up the mess ... > > > > > > Well we need a bit of both. > > > > hmm, are 'we' in a hurry here? > > > > until recently, 'Linux' (mainline) didn't even want > > to hear about OS Level virtualization, now there > > is a rush to quickly get 'something' in, not knowing > > or caring if it is usable at all? > > It's actually happening quite gradually and carefully.
hmm, I must have missed a testing phase for the IPC namespace then, not that I think it is broken (well, maybe it is, we do not know yet) > > I think there are a lot of 'potential users' for > > this kind of virtualization, and so 'we' can test > > almost all aspects outside of mainline, and once > > we know the stuff works as expected, then we can > > integrate it ... > > > > the UTS namespace was something 'we all' had already > > implemented in this (or a very similar) way, and in > > one or two interations, it should actually work as > > expected. nevertheless, it was one of the simplest > > spaces ... > > > > we do not yet know the details for the IPC namespace, > > as IPC is not that easy to check as UTS, and 'we' > > haven't gotten real world feedback on that yet ... > > We are very dependent upon all stakeholders including yourself > to review, test and comment upon this infrastructure as it is > proposed and merged. If something is proposed which will not > suit your requirements then it is important that we hear about > it, in detail, at the earliest possible time. okay, good to hear that I'm still considered a stakeholder will try to focus the feedback and cc as many folks as possible, as it seems that some feedback is lost on the way upstream ... best, Herbert > Thanks. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
