Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 30 Jan 2002 13:01:26 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 30 Jan 2002 13:00:17 -0500 Received: from ns1.intercarve.net ([216.254.127.221]:18622 "HELO ceramicfrog.intercarve.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Wed, 30 Jan 2002 12:59:03 -0500 Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2002 12:56:21 -0500 (EST) From: "Drew P. Vogel" To: Subject: Public patch penguin Message-ID: 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 >From what I understand, the larger portion of the patch problems come from the question of "How much of patch X does Linus need to look at before appling it?". In the community spirit and using the "many eyes" concepts we're so familiar with, why is the public not the patch penguin? Would there be any interest in a web site which hosts copies of all current patches, while providing a way to rate the patches and leave comments (a simplified freshmeat.net with only kernel patches). This would help facilitate the network of trust/cooperation Linus and others have suggested. Aside from the 10-20 people Linus works directly with, he and other maintainers could work with the site as the site will be a decent filter between Linus and the public. If 95% of users have a certain patch working without trouble against a particular tree, then the question first raised in this email becomes "very little". (Note: many times I type "Linus" when I truely mean "tree maintainer", ie: Alan, Dave, etc). --Drew Vogel - 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/