Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Sat, 4 Nov 2000 14:26:20 -0600 | Subject | Re: modular kernel | From | Peter Samuelson <> |
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[yes I feed trolls sometimes, it's fun]
[Taco Witte] > Some days ago, I read about the idea of a completely modular kernel. > I think it's a very good idea, because it would make it easier to get > more people work at the same moment, development would go faster.
I contend that the barrier to entry is already quite low, as proven by the fact that *I* contribute to kernel development, albeit rather little. What evidence do you have to the contrary?
> It would be possible to make groups for a certain part of the kernel > (for example sound, or filesystems, or main) with own group pages > with status info and todo's and own mailinglists (it would divide > this enourmous flow of mail into smaller parts).
Run the following command in the Linux source directory:
grep '^[LW]:' MAINTAINERS | sort -u | more
Then come back with your hot new ideas about having different mailing lists and web pages for each subsystem.
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