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Linus Explains his Patch Policy

Posted by chrisd on from the read-it-twice dept.

An anonymous reader writes "For everyone who has been wondering the method behind Linus's seeming madness of accepting or dropping patches, he has finally given a thorough explanation. A must read for anyone who wants to get their favorite feature into the next release of the kernel."

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  1. Patches? We don' need no steenking Patches! by InnovATIONS · · Score: 1, Flamebait
    Maybe it is just me, but this gives me no warm and fuzzies at all...

    Review process? I don't need no steenking review process. I just take the stuff I like from the people that I like. Make me like you!

    You don't like my patches? Make your own patches! Then we can have flame wars about whose patches is better than whose and why it is your fault that something don't run because you haven't got the right set of patches!