Missing Kernel Patches

BlueEar writes: "There is an interesting, short story posted on the Gentoo Linux site. It talks about kernel patches created by Linux distributors that while publically available never get submitted. It even gives an example of one 'no brainer' patch that has been sitting over a year, without being incorporated into the 2.4.x distribution. The article ends with an appeal to Linux community to keep those patches flowing to Marcelo."

Comments

Re:What do you expect without revision control?

[MartinG]

And was Linus "too young and inexperienced" when he totally botched the 2.2.x series?? (arount 2.2.9 IIRC)

What kind of quality assurance is that
It isn't. Read the licence. It's called the GNU GPL. I'm surprised you haven't come across it before. There is no "quality assurance" If you need someone to hold your hand, or you are using Linux for production purposes, go and talk to Redhat or another distributor who will provide the quality assurance you seem to want. They test all their kernels with test suites and simulated production workloads.