Re: pull request: wireless-next-2.6 2009-10-28

From: Jiri Kosina
Date: Wed Nov 04 2009 - 08:04:04 EST


On Mon, 2 Nov 2009, Pavel Machek wrote:

> > I've searched on my GMail archives and the only patch Bart has
> > provided so far for the rt2x00 project is this:
> >
> > [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: rt2x00 list is moderated
> >
> > Which, while technically correct, adds nothing to the project.
> >
> > So, I will personally continue to ignore Bart's comments, regards and
> > rants, until he provides patches for rt2x00 that actually make the
> > driver better.
>
> Well, he provided review feedback... he should be thanked for that,
> not flamed for it.

He has actually written real patches (and quite non-trivial both in amount
and in functionality), see

http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/11/3/372

But yes, he got flamed for this for some odd reason. I got the impression
that the community around rt2x00 doesn't like (or understand) the way how
opensource development happens.

--
Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs, Novell Inc.

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