Re: Request for comment -- a better attribution system

Horst von Brand
2001-04-22T03:33:12Z

"Eric S. Raymond" <esr@thyrsus.com> said:
> Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>:
> > It scales perfectly.

> I must say, in the most respectful way possible, "bullshit!"

> Alan, if MAINTAINERS scaled perfectly I wouldn't have had to spend three months
> just trying to figure out who was reponsible for each of the [Cc]onfig.in
> files. And even with that amount of effort mostly failing.

What makes you think your scheme will fare any differently?

[...]

> I'm an unusually stubborn and persistent person, as you have cause to
> know. I really wonder how much good work we've lost because people less
> stubborn than me simply gave up on the friction costs of trying to identify
> the responsible person(s) for the bits they wanted to change.

They post on LKM as last resort.
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