Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262007AbUFRUi6 (ORCPT ); Fri, 18 Jun 2004 16:38:58 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S266801AbUFRUI5 (ORCPT ); Fri, 18 Jun 2004 16:08:57 -0400 Received: from dvmwest.gt.owl.de ([62.52.24.140]:474 "EHLO dvmwest.gt.owl.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S266602AbUFRUFt (ORCPT ); Fri, 18 Jun 2004 16:05:49 -0400 Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2004 22:05:48 +0200 From: Jan-Benedict Glaw To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Stop the Linux kernel madness Message-ID: <20040618200548.GK20632@lug-owl.de> Mail-Followup-To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20040618153350.GB20632@lug-owl.de> <40D33C58.1030905@am.sony.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="r7yLYIqEOHf/o+Om" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <40D33C58.1030905@am.sony.com> X-Operating-System: Linux mail 2.4.18 X-gpg-fingerprint: 250D 3BCF 7127 0D8C A444 A961 1DBD 5E75 8399 E1BB X-gpg-key: wwwkeys.de.pgp.net User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2099 Lines: 58 --r7yLYIqEOHf/o+Om Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, 2004-06-18 12:02:48 -0700, Tim Bird 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There's a lot of Linux beyond LKML, with a common problem: outdated 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! >=20 > 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 --=20 Jan-Benedict Glaw jbglaw@lug-owl.de . +49-172-7608481 "Eine Freie Meinung in einem Freien Kopf | Gegen Zensur | Gegen Krieg fuer einen Freien Staat voll Freier B=FCrger" | im Internet! | im Ira= k! ret =3D do_actions((curr | FREE_SPEECH) & ~(NEW_COPYRIGHT_LAW | DRM | TC= PA)); --r7yLYIqEOHf/o+Om Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFA00scHb1edYOZ4bsRAu8rAJwIz/YMYqXRPcSnQlt+ipl3kZuN+ACfZjmT /Ohc89ky+ulIZsHxwk4KTlE= =e/1A -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --r7yLYIqEOHf/o+Om-- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/