Re: Request for comment -- a better attribution system

Francois Romieu
2001-04-21T21:11:24Z

Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> ecrit :
[...]
> 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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The kernel will perform better [ ] [ ]
Somebody will have less work [ ] [ ]
It's fun (TM) [ ] [ ]

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