Re: project status

[Greg KH <greg@wirex.com>]

On Wed, Jan 10, 2001 at 02:17:39AM +0000, davej@suse.de wrote:
> I foresee this could work out something like..
> 
> 1. Someone checks out the TODO from CVS.
> 2. Picks something, mentions to the list "I'm about to tackle item 38"
>    (In case someone else already is working on it, in which case pointing
>    them to the relevant person may be advisable.
>    A project admin with CVS write access maybe marks it in the TODO
>    file ?).
> 3. After hacking fixups, the patch is sent here.

And to the code's maintainer.  Please remember them :)

> 4. If the patch looks ok, its recommended to be sent to l-k/Linus/Alan.

This should probably say:

4. If the maintainer agrees, then _they_ forward it on up the proper
   chain of command.

There is usually someone else in charge of the larger
subsystem, that then will forward it to Linus in the end.  Let's not do
an end run around the current kernel submission process.

thanks,

greg k-h

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