Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 18 Dec 2001 07:20:31 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 18 Dec 2001 07:20:23 -0500 Received: from perninha.conectiva.com.br ([200.250.58.156]:33552 "HELO perninha.conectiva.com.br") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Tue, 18 Dec 2001 07:20:05 -0500 Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2001 10:19:42 -0200 (BRST) From: Rik van Riel X-X-Sender: To: Eyal Sohya Cc: Subject: Re: The direction linux is taking In-Reply-To: Message-ID: X-spambait: aardvark@kernelnewbies.org X-spammeplease: aardvark@nl.linux.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, 18 Dec 2001, Eyal Sohya wrote: > 1. Are we satisfied with the source code control system ? There is no source control. > 2. Is there enough planning for documentation ? As another > poster mentioned, there are new API and we dont know about > them. Documentation patches usually get dropped on the floor, so writing documentation isn't really worth it most of the time. Documentation really only works if it's written together with the code and sent in the same patch. > 3. There is no central bug tracking database. At least people > should know the status of the bugs they have found with some > releases. > 4. Aggressive nature of this mailing list itself may be a > turn off to many who would like to contribute. Tough. If you can't deal with this you're better off using a kernel package from your favourite Linux distribution. cheers, Rik -- DMCA, SSSCA, W3C? Who cares? http://thefreeworld.net/ http://www.surriel.com/ http://distro.conectiva.com/ - 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/