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2009/8/20 Tim Dobson <[email protected]> > Nico Morrison wrote: > >> I LIKE the idea of people writing the Linux kernel code outside of company >> hours. >> > > Does anyone do this? > > From What I can see here: > www.cs.tut.fi/~tta/demography.pdf<http://www.cs.tut.fi/%7Etta/demography.pdf>(Specifically > sections 5 and 6) a few must, but a considerable number appear > to be *large* companies. > > I am appalled that a coder can approve his or her own patch. Interesting >> stuff. >> > > Er well in kernel development they can't. They can run it on their own > system etc and pass it around, but to get it into the mainline kernel there > are processes and QA proceedures the kernel project has put in place. > > Tim > > > - > Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please > visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. > Unofficial list archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >
