Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | Subject | Re: Proposal: Linux Kernel Patch Management System | Date | Thu, 14 Sep 2000 11:02:16 +0100 (BST) | From | Alan Cox <> |
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> tracking/fixing. The big issue really is the drivers, and it's simply > because several of the maintainers of drivers are lackadasical about > doing their job and chasing people down when bug reports are submitted > against them.
Most drivers dont have formal maintainers people fix them when they break and then go off and do other things. A lot of driver problems occur in the field and so we get a lot of fixes from folks whose primary business in life is making their site stable so they can sleep at night.
Alan
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