On Thursday 01 December 2011 23:09:03 Jonathan Nieder wrote: > (Kernel image size is also a consideration, though probably not a > major worry in this particular example.)
Indeed. In this case we're talking about 130 lines of source code (3 KB), see arch/x86/mm/memtest.c > > If just few requests for a feature is not enough to convince that we need > > it, how many people should ask, exactly, in order to make the change? > > One reliable contributor. Or just describe a use case that makes it a > compelling addition to Debian. (Since there is already a memtest86+ > package, "replacing memtest86+" isn't one.) We have three: Romain Francoise <rfranco...@debian.org>, who reported (closed) 556365, me and intrigeri <intrig...@boum.org>. I guess all three of us should be working on our reliability... :) > Thanks for your interest, and hope that helps, > Jonathan Thank you.