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Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> ecrit :
[...]
> One of the problems this `overdesign' can help solve is actually identifying
> the parts that have semi-permanent maintainers, and the parts that don't.
> 
> One way to use the meta-information, for example, would be to use it to 
> periodically poll maintainers to find out if they're still active.
> 
> Another is to be able to generate reports on exactly how much of the kernel
> is in "Maintained" or "Supported" status.  I think it would be worth 
> making this change just so we could know that.

                                  Y    N
The kernel will perform better   [ ]  [ ]
Somebody will have less work     [ ]  [ ]
It's fun (TM)                    [ ]  [ ]

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