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

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Date:	Fri, 22 Jun 2007 16:19:34 +0200
From:	Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de>
To:	Markus Rechberger <mrechberger@...il.com>
CC:	Natalie Protasevich <protasnb@...il.com>,
	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...sta.de>,
	Michal Piotrowski <michal.k.k.piotrowski@...il.com>,
	Oleg Verych <olecom@...wer.upol.cz>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>,
	Diego Calleja <diegocg@...il.com>,
	Chuck Ebbert <cebbert@...hat.com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: How to improve the quality of the kernel?

Markus Rechberger wrote:
> just reading through it and cleaning up some code isn't so difficult
> and can be done by many people -

Doing cleanups is a good way to get into the matter, to become able to
eventually fix bugs of the difficult type.

> if they're allowed/wanted to do so.

Everybody is allowed to submit.  But there is a certain degree of both
persistence and adaptability required to get one's first submissions
upstream.  However, these qualities are also required to fix difficult bugs.
-- 
Stefan Richter
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