linux-kernel - Re: How to improve the quality of the kernel?

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Message-ID: <20070617193356.GB20727@alinoe.com>
Date:	Sun, 17 Jun 2007 21:33:56 +0200
From:	Carlo Wood <carlo@...noe.com>
To:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@...il.com>,
	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...sta.de>,
	Michal Piotrowski <michal.k.k.piotrowski@...il.com>,
	Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de>,
	Oleg Verych <olecom@...wer.upol.cz>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	Diego Calleja <diegocg@...il.com>,
	Chuck Ebbert <cebbert@...hat.com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: How to improve the quality of the kernel?

On Sun, Jun 17, 2007 at 09:18:17PM +0200, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> where n is a number that needs to be determined (I think that n could be 3).
> Well, "negative comments" should also be defined more precisely. ;-)

I think that n should be a function of the number of accepted patches
that this person sent in before, and the number of regressions he
caused in the past.

Ie, new developers have to wait a considerable amount of time - while
experienced developers who never caused a regression should be able
to write patches that are immediately applied. Also, if anyone causes
a regression - that would lead to them having to wait longer the
next time before they can apply the patch - a good reason for a
developer to put extra time into making sure there are no regressions.

-- 
Carlo Wood <carlo@...noe.com>
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