Re: Typo bug [Re: Linux 2.6.27-rc8]

Domenico Andreoli
2008-10-02T09:45:32Z

On Thu, Oct 02, 2008 at 11:26:30AM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
>
> * Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu> wrote:
>
> > On Wed, Oct 01, 2008 at 11:33:28PM +0200, Domenico Andreoli wrote:
> > > On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 10:05:46AM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> > > >
> > > > * J.A. Magallón <jamagallon@ono.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > > heh. Could you send a patch with a changelog please?
> > > > >
> > > > > Here it goes...I hope its right.
> > > >
> > > > applied to tip/x86/urgent, thanks!
> > >
> > > Ingo, why did you require a patch? Was not it really more simple and
> > > easy for everyone to write it yourself? Since I am sure it was not only
> > > a laziness matter (really?), I am very curious to know the reason.
> >
> > I see two things :
> > - preserve authorship of the code
> > - "laziness" as you call it, is the only way to scale for a maintainer.
>
> yeah, correct. Also, i asked (not required) J.A. Magallón whether he
> could send a patch - if he didnt (no time, etc.) i'd have fixed it
> myself (crediting him in the changelog).

yes, asked. sorry.

> But it's also a general principle: maintainers dont 'own' the code in
> any way and there should be no assymetry in the ability to modify the
> code. So if people are willing to fix bugs they notice, i prefer that
> far more than me doing it.

I think I got the lesson although the assymetry matter is still not that
clear to me. Anyway I also know that when you talk about code you prefer
patches to plain english so I expect you'd like others do the same ;)

Thank you,
Domenico

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