> On Wed, 30 Sep 1998 tmuller@agora.rdrop.com wrote:
>
> > Finally, I think that patch submittal needs to go through a series
> > of peer revisions and that Linus should only accept patches through
> > these peer channels. I'm not saying how this should be implimented,
> > only that it SHOULD be implimented.
>
> We already do. I for one am in the Linux MM group, I
> do 'our' homepage and give info on what we're busy
> with etc... Most of our technical discussions are
> handled on our own mailing list.
>
> The same thing goes for the other subsystem teams,
> but even after that, there are still too many
> patches for a single person to both handle and
> remain in a sane and healthy state.
>
> And then there are the 'rouge' hackers who'll just
> code something up and mailbomb Linus with their
> patches, but I suspect those can be dealt with
> rather quickly...
>
I thought this was open development. How come anyone who is not on a
'subsystem team' (is that a Microsoft construct?) is now a rogue (sp)
hacker? ;-)
--- pdh@colonel-panic.com pdh@berserk.demon.co.uk http://www.berserk.demon.co.uk
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