Re: Contribute - How to

["Randy.Dunlap" <rddunlap@osdl.org>]

Mark Miller wrote:
> On Thu, 02 Dec 2004 20:27:52 -0800, Randy.Dunlap <rddunlap@osdl.org> wrote:
> 
>>ram mohan wrote:
> 
> 
>>>4. Can I suggest new features?
>>
>>Of course.  But part of the Linux culture is that
>>ideas/suggestions don't carry much weight.  It's
>>sometimes phrased as:
>>   Shut up and code.
>>or
>>   Show us the code.
>>so send patches too.  :)
> 
> 
> While this may be true of those on the Linux Kernel Mailing List, I
> would hope (from your statement of "Linux Culture", this would involve
> things periphially related to Linux, such as KDE), that ideas and
> suggestions would actually carry _some_ wait.

Good or bad, I mostly use the word "Linux" to mean the kernel,
not the entire collection of system software.

> Although I can fully understand developers of the Linux Kernel taking
> this mindset, since it is not dealing with such things as the User
> Interface.

Sure, it's up to each open source project to deal with feature
requests or suggestions in whatever way that the people in
the project(s) choose.

> Just something I've had to deal with recently. Don't mind me.


-- 
~Randy