From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261351AbTDONJX (for ); Tue, 15 Apr 2003 09:09:23 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261360AbTDONJX (for ); Tue, 15 Apr 2003 09:09:23 -0400 Received: from shawidc-mo1.cg.shawcable.net ([24.71.223.10]:38188 "EHLO pd4mo1so.prod.shaw.ca") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261351AbTDONJW (for ); Tue, 15 Apr 2003 09:09:22 -0400 Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2003 06:21:43 -0700 From: Alex Combas Subject: Re: kernel support for non-English user messages In-reply-to: To: Linus Torvalds Cc: linux-kernel Message-id: <1050412903.1808.97.camel@bif.underground> Organization: MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.4- Content-type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-HsjRVsMPHTzODZ9K7SJU"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 References: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org --=-HsjRVsMPHTzODZ9K7SJU Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, 2003-04-14 at 10:29, Linus Torvalds wrote: Hi Linus, I hope Im not being a nerd.. > The whole open source idea is that people do what they care=20 > about and what they are good at, and exactly because they aren't forced t= o=20 > deal with issues they don't have a heart for they take more pride and=20 > interest in the stuff they _do_ do. I thought the whole open source idea was that people could share quality software that is free to view and modify. :) > Personally, I don't write documentation. I don't much even write > comments in my code. Maybe Im too naive but I really believe that good commenting style should be the default way for _all_ opensource developers to opperate simply because the practise of "being free to view and modify code" is helped by good comments.=20 However I do understand that unpaid volunteers will tend to focus on the things they enjoy more so than things they do not, and I dont have any problems with that. The Learning curve with a project this big is hellishly steep though, so young ones such as myself can use all the code comments we can get. I know it seems rather obnoxious to be telling you this, sorry. Best Regards. --=20 Alex Combas This message is digitally signed. The public decryption key for my signature is available at pgp.mit.edu Secure email is preferred. --=-HsjRVsMPHTzODZ9K7SJU Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQA+nAdnzO440pWfvJURAgTcAJ95RIW1kQc+xd/gF/WmtnfgEHmBzgCdHaz6 sKVyZogxRUS5TbM4lt+K8TA= =//3z -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-HsjRVsMPHTzODZ9K7SJU--