Messages in this thread | | | From | (Eric W. Biederman) | Subject | Re: after effects of a kernel API change | Date | Thu, 18 Jan 2007 00:47:42 -0700 |
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"Rajat Jain" <rajat.noida.india@gmail.com> writes:
>> > >> > Is there any way volunteers like me can help in this exercise? >> >> See the /APIchanges in the Kernel Janitors TODO list >> http://kernelnewbies.org/KernelJanitors/Todo >> > > Hi, > > This is regarding the link posted above. > > 1) How do I make sure if some one is NOT working on any of the > mentioned bullet points? Who coordinates? On what mailing list?
Depends on the issue. Release early and release often and there won't be much duplicate work :)
> 2) Do any patches for the above Todo list have the chances of getting > merged into the mainstream kernel? Who approves? I suppose the > respective maintainer of the driver / subsystem getting affected?
Generally. Occasionally for small things other paths are available.
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