On Dec 13, 2007 9:59 AM, Joerg Schilling <Joerg.Schilling at fokus.fraunhofer.de> wrote: > "Shawn Walker" <swalker at opensolaris.org> wrote: > > > The problem is that most developers have the expectation that if they > > take the time to resolve an issue that their fix will be integrated. > > > > No matter how big or small a patch to the Linux kernel is, if I > > contribute it, and it is deemed a correct fix, it's going to get > > integrated. > > This is not true for Linux and this is why more and more people get > discouraged > from Linux.
I don't believe that. Everything I have seen over the years from the kernel janitor project to recent things indicates the contrary. As I said before, "if it is deemed correct." A patch not being accepted because it is rejected is very different from a patch being ignored because it isn't deemed important enough. -- Shawn Walker, Software and Systems Analyst http://binarycrusader.blogspot.com/ "To err is human -- and to blame it on a computer is even more so." - Robert Orben
