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Missing Kernel Patches

Posted by timothy on from the communication-gaps dept.

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."

2 of 159 comments (clear)

  1. O, Henry? by kzinti · · Score: 2, Offtopic

    There is an interesting, short story posted on the Gentoo Linux site.

    No, there's a short article posted on the Gentoo Linux site. A ``short story'' is a form of fiction. (Not that anyone at Slashdot cares, but some of us can't help tilting at windmills.)

    --Jim

  2. Re:Patches? we don't need no stinkin Patches! by rfphill · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Geez, a little warning would be nice... That link just about got me fired. Seriously... Now pardon me, I have to go gouge out my eyes...