Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 02 Dec 2004 20:58:53 -0800 | From | "Randy.Dunlap" <> | Subject | Re: Contribute - How to |
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Mark Miller wrote: > On Thu, 02 Dec 2004 20:27:52 -0800, Randy.Dunlap <rddunlap@osdl.org> wrote: > >>ram mohan wrote: > > >>>4. Can I suggest new features? >> >>Of course. But part of the Linux culture is that >>ideas/suggestions don't carry much weight. It's >>sometimes phrased as: >> Shut up and code. >>or >> Show us the code. >>so send patches too. :) > > > While this may be true of those on the Linux Kernel Mailing List, I > would hope (from your statement of "Linux Culture", this would involve > things periphially related to Linux, such as KDE), that ideas and > suggestions would actually carry _some_ wait.
Good or bad, I mostly use the word "Linux" to mean the kernel, not the entire collection of system software.
> Although I can fully understand developers of the Linux Kernel taking > this mindset, since it is not dealing with such things as the User > Interface.
Sure, it's up to each open source project to deal with feature requests or suggestions in whatever way that the people in the project(s) choose.
> Just something I've had to deal with recently. Don't mind me.
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