linux-kernel - Re: CFD: linux-wanking@...r.kernel.org (was [PATCH] Standard indentation of arguments)

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Message-ID: <48359A61.6050301@s5r6.in-berlin.de>
Date:	Thu, 22 May 2008 18:08:01 +0200
From:	Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de>
To:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>
CC:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@...il.com>, tytso@....edu,
	hch@...radead.org, viro@...IV.linux.org.uk,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net
Subject: Re: CFD: linux-wanking@...r.kernel.org (was [PATCH] Standard	indentation
 of arguments)

Adrian Bunk wrote:
> On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 12:31:27PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
>>...
>> For more substantial starter projects the best we have (as far as I
>> know) is http://kernelnewbies.org/KernelProjects, but that's just a
>> teeny subset.
>> 
>> We're not very good at this, I'm afraid.  I seem to recall that Rik has
>> offered to help out here, so perhaps whenever one notices a
>> hey-someone-should-do-this project, it could be forwarded to Rik and he
>> can put it up there.
>>...
> 
> Let's look at it from another angle:
> 
> We should not aim at being good at this.
> 
> What do we need more in the kernel:
> - people testing development kernels
> - people fixing bugs
> - people maintaining code
> - people reviewing code

  - encouragement to develop in the mainline rather than out-of-tree

> What do we already have more than enough:
> - people developing new bugs^Wfeatures

  - companies being content with out-of-tree drivers or even closed
    source drivers or no drivers at all, and users having to put up
    with it
-- 
Stefan Richter
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http://arcgraph.de/sr/
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