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SubjectRe: [PATCH docs] docs: maintainer: document expectations of small time maintainers
On Fri, Jul 14, 2023 at 10:22:18AM -0700, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> On Fri, 14 Jul 2023 08:24:38 +0200 Thorsten Leemhuis wrote:

> > Also: It's totally normal that commercial vendor contribute basic
> > drivers with known problems and missing features (some of which will
> > never be implemented). The latter will be considered a "bug" for quite a
> > few users that read this. Those suddenly thus might becomes something
> > they now "must" fix, which leads to questions: how fast? just in
> > mainline, or in stable, too?

> If we try to fend off anyone who doesn't understand common meaning
> of words the document will be very long and painful to read.

That's true, but "bug" is one of those things where there is a frequent
disconnect on definitions, and when coupled with the must respond bit I
can see things going wrong.
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