Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 18 Jun 2004 22:05:48 +0200 | From | Jan-Benedict Glaw <> | Subject | Re: Stop the Linux kernel madness |
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On Fri, 2004-06-18 12:02:48 -0700, Tim Bird <tim.bird@am.sony.com> wrote in message <40D33C58.1030905@am.sony.com>:
> Here's a shameless plug: I'm having a CELinux BOF at OLS to discuss > this and other issues. It's the night of Wednesday, July 21. > Anyone can drop by if they are interested in this topic.
Want to offer some airplane ticket Europe -> Canada and back? I'd love at attend!
> >There's a lot of Linux beyond LKML, with a common problem: outdated > >source trees, with a shitload of patches. Linus could need another > >hacker or two working full-time on reviewing / importing those patches! > > The idea of having some dedicated developers perform this function > is actually a pretty good one, although I wouldn't burden Linus > with managing them. That is, it might be useful to have some people > following behind embedded product developers trying to glean, > generalize, forward-port and otherwise clean-up patches that > would otherwise never see the light of day.
Couldn't have said that any better:)
MfG, JBG
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