Date: Fri, 5 Nov 2010 01:59:38 -0700 From: Garrett Cooper <gcooper@FreeBSD.org> To: Mark Linimon <linimon@lonesome.com> Cc: svn-src-head@freebsd.org, Alexander Best <arundel@freebsd.org>, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org, Ed Schouten <ed@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: svn commit: r214817 - head/sys/teken Message-ID: <AANLkTimaw%2B-gMYaT%2Ben6Q%2BkM=Oabp7mMhV-whcJ9jMRj@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20101105072515.GA8725@lonesome.com> References: <201011050056.oA50uLk5078426@svn.freebsd.org> <20101105012103.GA26789@freebsd.org> <20101105072515.GA8725@lonesome.com>
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On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 12:25 AM, Mark Linimon <linimon@lonesome.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 05, 2010 at 01:21:03AM +0000, Alexander Best wrote:
>> maybe, because nearly all PRs (most of them including patches) they
>> have submitted via GNATS in the past remain unnoticed and thus they've
>> gotten tired of reporting issues and submitting patches if nobody
>> seems to care? ;)
>
> We actually do better these days w/rt userland bugs (and some src
> bugs) than we were a few years ago. =A0I'm always looking for suggestions
> on how we can get more committers interested in PRs (especially those
> with patches).
[As is probably well known already among FreeBSD developers] it's
better for junior committers (and otherwise newbie committers) to get
into the whole userland commit arena. Most of what I see in committer
status seems to evolve from userland (optional) to kernel due to the
sexiness of kernel work vs userland work.
-Garrett
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