Re: SE Linux use - was: Question: and the policy grows...

["Christopher J. PeBenito" <cpebenito@tresys.com>]

On 03/18/11 10:33, Russell Coker wrote:
> On Sat, 19 Mar 2011, James Carter <jwcart2@tycho.nsa.gov> wrote:
>>> NSA people:  How many subscribers are there to this list outside .gov?
>>>
>>>
>>
>> 887
>>
>> There are 30 people who have posted 10 or more messages in the last
>> year.
> 
> On Sat, 19 Mar 2011, "Christopher J. PeBenito" <cpebenito@tresys.com> wrote:
>>> Tresys people:  How many subscribers to the refpolicy list are outside
>>> .gov?
>>
>> 95
> 
> Any theories as to why are there almost 10* more people on the main list?
> 
> It seems to me that policy development is easier to get involved with than all 
> other types of SE Linux development, and it's more required.  One can do a lot 
> of SE Linux work without touching any of the C code, but it's not possible to 
> do much outside the distribution defaults without writing some policy.

My assumption is that most people don't care about all of the policy
maintenance minutiae and don't want to be flooded with the patch emails.
 But on the main list you can find out about the development direction
and functionality changes; IMO thats why only ~3% of the subscribers
constitute the majority of the list traffic.

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Chris PeBenito
Tresys Technology, LLC
www.tresys.com | oss.tresys.com

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