From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264385AbUEYAmM (ORCPT ); Mon, 24 May 2004 20:42:12 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264392AbUEYAmL (ORCPT ); Mon, 24 May 2004 20:42:11 -0400 Received: from warp.hyperdrivedns.net ([65.254.36.146]:56196 "EHLO warp.hyperdrivedns.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264385AbUEYAmH (ORCPT ); Mon, 24 May 2004 20:42:07 -0400 Date: Mon, 24 May 2004 20:41:55 -0400 From: "Francis J. A. Pinteric" To: kernel Subject: Re: [RFD] Explicitly documenting patch submission Message-Id: <20040524204155.17836441.linuxdoctor@linuxdoctor.biz> In-Reply-To: References: <1YUY7-6fF-11@gated-at.bofh.it> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.9.5claws (GTK+ 1.2.10; i586-pc-linux-gnu) X-GPG-KeyID: F795EE3C X-GPG-Fingerprint: 3DAB EF2C 30EF DF33 A80B 49E0 35A8 E2D3 F795 EE3C Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg="pgp-sha1"; boundary="Multipart_Mon__24_May_2004_20_41_55_-0400_=.5GUBtcDxRFd6zX" X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - warp.hyperdrivedns.net X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - vger.kernel.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [0 0] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - linuxdoctor.biz X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org --Multipart_Mon__24_May_2004_20_41_55_-0400_=.5GUBtcDxRFd6zX Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Mon, 24 May 2004 13:45:33 -0700 (PDT) Linus Torvalds wrote: > > In other words: this is not about changing the way we work. It's about > documenting the things we take for granted. So that outsiders can be > shown how it works. > Personally, I'd like to see this evolve into something along the lines of ISO-9000. If linux development can have the ability to create detailed audit trails of code changes there would never be a question about who contributed what and who owns it. It would be nice if some sort of ISO-9000 compliance were a long term goal here. The proprietary software houses would go nuts. >>>---fja-> -- If you think what I'm saying is "politically incorrect", you've got the wrong politics. Tired of `netiquette'? Fed up with endless discussion of what is '[OT]'? Linux, Free/Open Source discussion without the "political correctness:" http://linuxdoctor.dyndns.org/list.html --Multipart_Mon__24_May_2004_20_41_55_-0400_=.5GUBtcDxRFd6zX Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAspZcNaji0/eV7jwRAtquAJ9oK3/g5x08iAWznCnPjHtKDHbIBgCfSQYB m9vaJQUEfEG54omeb+OGI80= =EDt1 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Multipart_Mon__24_May_2004_20_41_55_-0400_=.5GUBtcDxRFd6zX--