[Ilugc] Re: Canonical Not Great Contributor
- From: lawgon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Kenneth Gonsalves)
- Date: Mon Sep 29 11:01:28 2008
On Monday 29 Sep 2008 9:53:45 am p.sriram wrote:
Kenneth Gonsalves <lawgon@...> writes:
I have a confession to make: I have shamelessly used linux since 1995 and
have never contributed a patch to the kernel. Even worse, I dont know C.
So, boycott me. Hate me. Kick me. Ban me.
your offer is acceptable. but, wait. we can do all that only if you peddle
your own linux distribution, no?
the question is this:
1. Ubuntu has patched the kernel, the patch is available in their repositories
under GPL and there is nothing to prevent the maintainers of the kernel from
pulling in the patches
or
2. Ubuntu has patched the kernel and has not made the patches available
or
3. Ubuntu has only made around a 100 patches to the kernel which they have
contributed upstream.
if 1 or 3 are the case, there is no room for criticism. If 2 is the case, then
they are bad guys. You cannot insist on a distro patching more of the kernel
than they need. So even if I release my own distro - I can assure you that I
will not be patching the kernel, and no one can fault me for this.
--
regards
KG
http://lawgon.livejournal.com
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