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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. Re:Interesting. by PerryMason · · Score: 2, Redundant

    Thats funny, I cant seem to get MS to remove that patch from Windows...maybe we need to talk.

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