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Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2002 09:24:02 -0500
From: Jeff Garzik <garzik@havoc.gtf.org>
To: Rob Landley <landley@trommello.org>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: A modest proposal -- We need a patch penguin
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On Tue, Jan 29, 2002 at 02:33:24AM -0500, Rob Landley wrote:
> I'm not proposing replacing the current subsystem maintainers.  But are the 
> current subsystem maintainers happy?

I think the system works, if you understand the system ;-)

Finding a maintainer for a piece of code is sometimes a jumble, but if
people want their patches in the kernel they need to be proactive about
it.

I'm -glad- Linus does not usually apply drop-n-run patches.

	Jeff



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