Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1761752AbXEYUAV (ORCPT ); Fri, 25 May 2007 16:00:21 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752875AbXEYUAJ (ORCPT ); Fri, 25 May 2007 16:00:09 -0400 Received: from quechua.inka.de ([193.197.184.2]:44435 "EHLO mail.inka.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752721AbXEYUAI (ORCPT ); Fri, 25 May 2007 16:00:08 -0400 Date: Fri, 25 May 2007 22:00:05 +0200 From: Bernd Eckenfels To: Scott Preece Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH - 1/1] Documentation/HOWTO Message-ID: <20070525200005.GA2980@lina.inka.de> References: <7b69d1470705250924x7ab2441bicee5d8cda7ff0d52@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <7b69d1470705250924x7ab2441bicee5d8cda7ff0d52@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 998 Lines: 23 On Fri, May 25, 2007 at 11:24:46AM -0500, Scott Preece wrote: > However, it might be phrased more diplomatically in this context, like > "because you are sacrificing time that could be spent adding features, > to fix somebody else's mistakes". Not all Bugs are mistakes of the coder. I still think it is not correct to blame developers. And it is also not a good idea to treat helping hands as second class only because they improve instead of create things. Linux Kernel is developed in a collaborative evolutionary process. The documentation change is completely wrong worded. (However the idea to ask ppl to look for small clear tasks, especially if not everybody has the option to work on it (hardware) is good) - and very rewarding. Gruss Bernd - 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/