Willy's memory-management to-do list

Posted May 2, 2018 16:07 UTC (Wed) by Gchbg (guest, #91567)
Parent article: Willy's memory-management to-do list

> Ted Ts'o finally suggested that Wilcox should "paint it blue".

What does it mean to paint it blue?

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Willy's memory-management to-do list

Posted May 2, 2018 16:20 UTC (Wed) by admalledd (subscriber, #95347) [Link]

What color should the bike shed be? https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bikeshedding

Normally, phrases that reference bikeshedding are used to point out that a discussion has gotten off track, and is likely time to move on. Other common use is to point out that even if important, it may not be the best use of the current time.

(Example here IMO, is that physical face-to-face meetings are few and far between for many of the Kernel, and if anything can be done later on the mailing list, do so and use the remaining time for other things that are best done in-person.)

Willy's memory-management to-do list

Posted May 3, 2018 14:29 UTC (Thu) by smitty_one_each (subscriber, #28989) [Link]

Ts'o is clearly not much of a Rolling Stones scholar.