Re: n th's try to ask for help / non-X86 arch

On Mon, 8 Mar 2004 08:34:29 +0100
Dariush Pietrzak <[email protected]> wrote:

> 
>  If you want help, then why did you shut access to patchsets? How do you
> expect people to follow development if you try so very hard to make it
> harder?

To be fair, Marc has his own subdirectory at kernel.org now and, as of the 2.6 branch, he is maintaining each individual patch under the broken-out/ sub-directory, so it's quite easy to see how the patchset is composed. It would be nice to see this for the 2.4 branch also, even if Marc has not enough resources to continue any real development on it. Apart from anything, it's fascinating from even an educational perspective.

Granted, things could be more organised - but that comes back to the point that Marc needs extra developers in order for this to be the case. Developers who are capable of maintaining their remit (whatever that might be) and who can consistently apply themselves. Even the website could be better, the sources of the patches could be nicely documented ... lots of things.

I don't think Marc is trying to make anything hard, but he is clearly limited in terms of time and resources. I suspect he would be open to constructive suggestions as to how the situation could be improved (notwithstanding the need for more developers) ... wouldn't you Marc?

--Kerin Francis Millar


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