Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 2 Oct 2008 11:45:11 +0200 | From | Domenico Andreoli <> | Subject | Re: Typo bug [Re: Linux 2.6.27-rc8] |
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On Thu, Oct 02, 2008 at 11:26:30AM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote: > > * Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu> wrote: > > > On Wed, Oct 01, 2008 at 11:33:28PM +0200, Domenico Andreoli wrote: > > > On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 10:05:46AM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote: > > > > > > > > * J.A. Magallón <jamagallon@ono.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > heh. Could you send a patch with a changelog please? > > > > > > > > > > Here it goes...I hope its right. > > > > > > > > applied to tip/x86/urgent, thanks! > > > > > > Ingo, why did you require a patch? Was not it really more simple and > > > easy for everyone to write it yourself? Since I am sure it was not only > > > a laziness matter (really?), I am very curious to know the reason. > > > > I see two things : > > - preserve authorship of the code > > - "laziness" as you call it, is the only way to scale for a maintainer. > > yeah, correct. Also, i asked (not required) J.A. Magallón whether he > could send a patch - if he didnt (no time, etc.) i'd have fixed it > myself (crediting him in the changelog).
yes, asked. sorry.
> But it's also a general principle: maintainers dont 'own' the code in > any way and there should be no assymetry in the ability to modify the > code. So if people are willing to fix bugs they notice, i prefer that > far more than me doing it.
I think I got the lesson although the assymetry matter is still not that clear to me. Anyway I also know that when you talk about code you prefer patches to plain english so I expect you'd like others do the same ;)
Thank you, Domenico
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