> The impression I get from reading lkml the odd time is
> that IDE has gone downhill since Andre Hedrick was
> effectively removed as maintainer. Martin Dalecki seems
> to have been unable to further development without
Hmm... begs the question, why remove Handrick?

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On Sun, Aug 11, 2002 at 11:17:47AM +0100, wintermute mentioned:
> > The impression I get from reading lkml the odd time is
> > that IDE has gone downhill since Andre Hedrick was
> > effectively removed as maintainer. Martin Dalecki seems
> > to have been unable to further development without
> > much breakage.
>
> Hmm... begs the question, why remove Handrick?
> If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
See, the IDE subsystem is like the One Ring. It's kludginess, due to
having to support hundreds of dodgy chipsets & drives means that it is
inherintly evil. A few months of looking at the code can turn you sour.
Years of looking at it will turn you into an arsehole.
They haven't found a hobbit that can code, so mortal humans have to
suffice.
Kate
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