Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: First kernel patch (optimization) | From | Alexander Holler <> | Date | Sat, 19 Sep 2015 16:14:14 +0200 |
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Am 19.09.2015 um 14:52 schrieb Alexander Holler: > Am 19.09.2015 um 07:18 schrieb Greg KH: > >> I have been saying for years that we have a lack of real projects / >> tasks / ideas for people who are skilled, yet have no idea what to do. >> I know of well over a hundred people I have email addresses of that have >> asked me for these types of things, and have patches in the kernel that >> are non-trivial to prove that they have the skill to do real things. >> >> It's a real problem, and one that I don't have an answer for. We need >> these types of tasks, and I don't have them, and every maintainer I ask >> about it also doesn't have them. What we are asking for is people to >> somehow come up with tasks on their own, as if they know what needs to >> be done. > > I've recently posted a proof of concept for wiping files, or in other > words to really delete files, And it was a disaster because if someone > posts imperfect pathhes on this list, people have fun trying to eat you > (because they seem bored or whatever). > > Even posting perfect patches is a game, because there exists always a > space, newline or variable name which might be used to start annoying > discussions. > > So, there is no reason to wonder about the lack of such tasks. > > So even if you don't agree, here as task: wipe files in real. ;)
By the way, in that discussion (about wiping files) I was blamed for writing bugs in bugzilla without offering a patch, for something they believe it is a feature (whereas I still believe it is a bug to not really delete files). That leaded me to the question if there is somewhere a feature request tracker, for which I've got, of course, no answer.
So, if there is a lack of real projects / tasks / ideas, maybe it might make sense to setup such a feature request tracker (or idea pool), maybe with the possibility to let people up/down vote ideas.
Regards,
Alexander Holler
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