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SubjectRe: Maintainers
Hi Michael.

>> So what should one do if one finds a bug or two in Linux
>> util/patches?

>> Should one look high and low for the [elusive] "maintainer"
>> or should one just post out the bug-fixed patch?!

> If Andrea had even posted the patch, that would have been
> better, even if he didn't bother to tell me about it, if I found
> out about it, I could look at it and decide whether to apply it
> as it stands or to rework it.

> By contrast, Andrea
> o knew my email address
> o couldn't bother himself to drop me a note
> o now actively refuses to send me a patch
> o castigates me for being unhappy about this
> o insists that his doing so is appropriate

I wouldn't worry about that, I stopped reading mails from that luser
ages ago as well over 90% of them were just flamebait with nothing
worth reading in them...

Best wishes from Riley.

+----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| There is something frustrating about the quality and speed of Linux |
| development, ie., the quality is too high and the speed is too high, |
| in other words, I can implement this XXXX feature, but I bet someone |
| else has already done so and is just about to release their patch. |
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* ftp://ftp.MemAlpha.cx/pub/rhw/Linux
* http://www.MemAlpha.cx/kernel.versions.html


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