Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 20:45:24 +0100 (BST)
From: Hugh Dickins <hugh@veritas.com>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
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On Wed, 21 Sep 2005, Andrew Morton wrote:
> 
> I wouldn't say that bugmeister is a fulltime job, but it'll be a
> lot-of-time job.  It needs someone who isn't shy and who has a good
> understanding of the kernel code-wise, of the processes (hah) and of the
> people.
> 
> The ability to maintain an overall view of where we're at, which bugs are
> serious and which aren't.  The ability to succinctly communicate that
> overview to everyone else.  Able to tell Linus "you can't release a kernel
> until bugs A, B and C are fixed".  The skills and gut-feel to know when a
> patch is some once-off which can be ignored unless it reoccurs, etc.  It's
> one of those things which can consume as much effort as one is able to put
> into it.

I recognize this description: sorry, Andrew, can we please clone you?

Hugh
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