linux-kernel - Re: [BUG] New Kernel Bugs

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Message-ID: <20071113200407.GK4250@stusta.de>
Date:	Tue, 13 Nov 2007 21:04:07 +0100
From:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>
To:	Mark Lord <liml@....ca>, alsa-devel@...a-project.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-pcmcia@...ts.infradead.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, protasnb@...il.com,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, linux-ide@...r.kernel.org,
	bugme-daemon@...zilla.kernel.org,
	linux-input@...ey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [BUG] New Kernel Bugs

On Tue, Nov 13, 2007 at 07:46:49PM +0000, Russell King wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 13, 2007 at 08:30:35PM +0100, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> > There is this silly limit that noone can work more than 168 hours per 
> > week on the Linux kernel, and some kernel developers seem to take the 
> > liberty of spending even less time on kernel development...
> 
> That limit of 168 hours applies all around the world to everyone.
> Moreover, not all kernel developers are employed to hack on the
> kernel for 168 hours a week.
> 
> For me, personally, that figure is in reality about 24 hours a
> week.  Yes, just 24.  The rest of the time (like *now*) is time I'm
> volunteering because I happen to be reading my email...
> 
> ... and happen to be wasting replying to discussions like this rather
> than reading that message which has just arrived on the ARM kernel
> mailing list from someone having problems using copy_from_user()
> with a kernel pointer.
> 
> So, please, stop this idea that somehow kernel developers can
> somehow spend infinite amounts of time solving lots and lots of
> bugs.

Sorry, that happens when using irony in a non-native language...

What I wanted to express:
Noone has unlimited time for kernel development.

> Russell King

cu
Adrian

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       "Only a promise," Lao Er said.
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