On 10/31/07, Bob Beck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > * Nick Guenther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-10-31 08:40]: > > On 10/31/07, Theo de Raadt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Obviously patches will be subject to peer review. Even if a patch isn't > > > > approved, the coder should have learned something new and useful. > > > > > > Yeah, right. > > > > > Or will the patches not be subject to peer review? Or are > > you worried at who would pass for peer review getting overwhelmed by a > > huge volume of poor quality patches? > > Yes, and yes. > > Basically look, when it comes to the kernel there are two > types of student, the self taught, and the hopeless. While we > will more than be willing to help people who take the initiative themselves > to look for something and work on it. This takes a significant amount > of our time and energy. A lot of it actually. Yes, learning the kernel > and how the basics work is a barrier to entry. It needs to be so, people > without the motivation to get over that hump on their own will simply > sap too much time from the people who have otherwise. > > Basically I'm telling you, if you want to play in this area, you need > to earn your stripes. *earn* - not have shown to you. Sorry if that > sounds elitist, but that's the simple fact. Already overworked senior > developers do not have time to spoon feed people who already > demonstrate that they will not take the initiative to learn things on > their own. Sorry, that's just the facts guys.
Thanks. *that's* clear. It's good to be elitist about code quality, that's what attracts me to OpenBSD. I just didn't see the connection right away. Sorry for wasting your time but thanks for shining a light upon how it works. -Nick
