From: Adrian Bunk Subject: Re: [BUG] New Kernel Bugs Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2007 21:04:07 +0100 Message-ID: <20071113200407.GK4250@stusta.de> References: <20071113164650.GA28493@elte.hu> <4739E3D0.10201@rtr.ca> <20071113181228.GF4250@stusta.de> <4739EA83.5040006@rtr.ca> <20071113183605.GG4250@stusta.de> <4739F12E.5020807@rtr.ca> <20071113190428.GH4250@stusta.de> <4739F739.5040708@rtr.ca> <20071113193035.GI4250@stusta.de> <20071113194649.GE1356@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20071113194649.GE1356@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> Sender: owner-linux-input@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz List-Help: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Unsubscribe: To: Mark Lord , alsa-devel@alsa-project.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-pcmcia@lists.infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, protasnb@gmail.com, David Miller List-Id: alsa-devel@alsa-project.org On Tue, Nov 13, 2007 at 07:46:49PM +0000, Russell King wrote: > On Tue, Nov 13, 2007 at 08:30:35PM +0100, Adrian Bunk wrote: > > There is this silly limit that noone can work more than 168 hours per > > week on the Linux kernel, and some kernel developers seem to take the > > liberty of spending even less time on kernel development... > > That limit of 168 hours applies all around the world to everyone. > Moreover, not all kernel developers are employed to hack on the > kernel for 168 hours a week. > > For me, personally, that figure is in reality about 24 hours a > week. Yes, just 24. The rest of the time (like *now*) is time I'm > volunteering because I happen to be reading my email... > > ... and happen to be wasting replying to discussions like this rather > than reading that message which has just arrived on the ARM kernel > mailing list from someone having problems using copy_from_user() > with a kernel pointer. > > So, please, stop this idea that somehow kernel developers can > somehow spend infinite amounts of time solving lots and lots of > bugs. Sorry, that happens when using irony in a non-native language... What I wanted to express: Noone has unlimited time for kernel development. > Russell King cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed