"Shawn Walker" <swalker at opensolaris.org> wrote:
> 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.
You may not believe this but this is the reason why I am discouraged from Linux.
> As I said before, "if it is deemed correct."
The problem is that even if someting is definitely correct and very important,
it may be that people like Torvalds call it "unimportant".
J?rg
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