Wanted: Volunteer to code a Patchbot
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That's the problem. I have seen at least two attempted starts on a patchbot and know of a third (Dan Quinlan was going to do something 1.5 years ago). So at this point I want to step out of this discussion. There is going to be no patchbot without a coder to write it, so why spend more time talking about it?
</deleted>OK, on a less pessimistic note, I'll make a small effort to find a volunteer to code this, under advisement that it will be a thankless task (everybody will complain about everything) and may not even get accepted by Linus or anyone else (yes, and?). So here it is:
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Wanted: a scripting person who has a clue about MTAs and wants to contribute to the kernel. Please step up to the table over here and sign in blood, then we will tell you what your mission is. Nobody will thank you for any of the work you do or reward you in any way, except for the right to bask in the glory and fame of being the one who ended the patchbot wars. And maybe, just maybe get that coveted Slashdot interview.
I can help you.
I'm good in scripting and I know well the RFC{,2}82{1,2}. (But I think we should not worry much about these RFC.)
Wanted: a good design. I've already tried to design such bot, but I never found a good and clean way to improve development without to change much of current behaviour.
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