From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7248FEB64DA for ; Thu, 22 Jun 2023 07:23:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S229664AbjFVHXY (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 Jun 2023 03:23:24 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:41708 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S229468AbjFVHXW (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 Jun 2023 03:23:22 -0400 Received: from out4-smtp.messagingengine.com (out4-smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.28]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9A3F1172C; Thu, 22 Jun 2023 00:23:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: from compute1.internal (compute1.nyi.internal [10.202.2.41]) by mailout.nyi.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id 149655C0132; Thu, 22 Jun 2023 03:23:21 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mailfrontend1 ([10.202.2.162]) by compute1.internal (MEProxy); Thu, 22 Jun 2023 03:23:21 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=cc:cc:content-type:content-type:date:date :feedback-id:feedback-id:from:from:in-reply-to:in-reply-to :message-id:mime-version:references:reply-to:sender:subject :subject:to:to:x-me-proxy:x-me-proxy:x-me-sender:x-me-sender :x-sasl-enc; s=fm2; t=1687418601; x=1687505001; bh=Al/ugtKM4zGeW WIaAMkQdgD0733cU/poF8FmUXKG1wM=; b=dHyK1KKK4X+f8zzsAqFX7SD63cCe2 RnKjyvdMkUpzLnCdpBAo3+pETrEJntgIoBxOdJyjxYo3DE9BmEhkNnWtE1SAU3xq 16qt4glsM7bcBkURkpL3+LCEyCwNf8kgQhjjOEi7KeyiWgDVeUzxa9EtvHusno6k 42ggSi5Y8zI2DU2UpN7G6pRv3aGoNQfbw2zgVazkjQ2/ogqU/9tabDeCA5O1umx7 aGHDJ32jOO27litdrozEolso2fzrhGpmMDhhJQgeyx8a0xRRgKfPPYZk+62+uZ42 JmoKUBA4vN8YvLWHf4yRSd0UuL/ldjpdl9BjxCIaKiN3k4rIxrI5Q6fmw== X-ME-Sender: X-ME-Received: X-ME-Proxy-Cause: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgedvhedrgeegtddgudduvdcutefuodetggdotefrod ftvfcurfhrohhfihhlvgemucfhrghsthforghilhdpqfgfvfdpuffrtefokffrpgfnqfgh necuuegrihhlohhuthemuceftddtnecusecvtfgvtghiphhivghnthhsucdlqddutddtmd enucfjughrpeffhffvvefujgfkfhggtgesthdtredttddtvdenucfhrhhomhephfhinhhn ucfvhhgrihhnuceofhhthhgrihhnsehlihhnuhigqdhmieekkhdrohhrgheqnecuggftrf grthhtvghrnhepleeuheelheekgfeuvedtveetjeekhfffkeeffffftdfgjeevkeegfedv ueehueelnecuvehluhhsthgvrhfuihiivgeptdenucfrrghrrghmpehmrghilhhfrhhomh epfhhthhgrihhnsehlihhnuhigqdhmieekkhdrohhrgh X-ME-Proxy: Feedback-ID: i58a146ae:Fastmail Received: by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA; Thu, 22 Jun 2023 03:23:19 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2023 17:24:03 +1000 (AEST) From: Finn Thain To: Greg Kroah-Hartman cc: Theodore Ts'o , Jonathan Corbet , tech-board-discuss@lists.linux-foundation.org, Kees Cook , Dan Williams , linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation: Linux Contribution Maturity Model and the wider community In-Reply-To: <2023062245-engraver-antsy-005c@gregkh> Message-ID: <5243a27c-afcc-3b67-7481-5e4fb5620f67@linux-m68k.org> References: <20230620212502.GI286961@mit.edu> <5490402b-8b9f-f52d-3896-41090e639e51@linux-m68k.org> <2023062144-hefty-why-305d@gregkh> <04cd7204-cdee-c333-8815-57acbab82721@linux-m68k.org> <2023062245-engraver-antsy-005c@gregkh> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org On Thu, 22 Jun 2023, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > > > If there was consensus, it might be feasible to give a formula for > > "recognized usage" which could be quantified. From there we could > > create a kind of heat map to show which commits, maintainers, > > processes, models, modules etc. were the most "useful" within some > > time interval. > > Determining code use is difficult given that we are not going to add > tracking to the kernel source for obvious reasons, so this is a > non-starter, as you know. > It never crossed my mind that the kernel might "phone home". Counting execution events (privately) doesn't work either because it seems hopelessly skewed towards fast processors, clusters and fast paths. Or am I missing something?