Re: Request for comment -- a better attribution system

Eric S. Raymond
2001-04-21T20:46:50Z

Alexander Viro <viro@math.psu.edu>:
> The real problem is that large part of the kernel has no permanent
> maintainers. Which makes the whole (overdesigned) idea completely moot.

One of the problems this `overdesign' can help solve is actually identifying
the parts that have semi-permanent maintainers, and the parts that don't.

One way to use the meta-information, for example, would be to use it to
periodically poll maintainers to find out if they're still active.

Another is to be able to generate reports on exactly how much of the kernel
is in "Maintained" or "Supported" status. I think it would be worth
making this change just so we could know that.
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Eric S. Raymond

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