Process Improvements in the Kernel Development

Kalki writes "In an e-mail to the Linux kernel mailing list, sent Saturday, Torvalds proposed that kernel developers begin certifying that the code that they contribute is entitled to be included in the Linux kernel as well as a technique for "signing off on patches" that would better track which developers had handled source code contributions. check this Infoworld story on it."

Santa Claus

[Anonymous Coward]

... track which developers ...
So Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy need not be featured on slashdot :P

heheh

[RupertJ]

"..."signing off on patches" that would better track which developers had handled source code..."

.... and Linux joined the world of professional software development!! =)

/me ducks

Its official then

[Timesprout]

Patches submitted as AC will no longer be included in the Linux kernel

Re:Its official then

[Anonymous Coward]

Patches submitted as AC will no longer be included in the Linux kernel

Damn, bad news for Alan Cox ...

moderation of patches

[millahtime]

maybe they can put some kind of mod system in for the patches. like /. then those who add patches that aren't coded well could get moded down and have bad karma.

Re:Linus retiring?

[xlyz]

This is very speculative, but this looks like the sort of thing somebody does to ease the transition when they turn something over to another leader. Yeah, it's about a 1:10000 chance that I'm right, but remember you heard it here first...

you know what? I agree
in 50 year max Linus will hand over his responsability
please add me to the credit list of the future-tellers

Bad idea...

[mangu]

Think about the karma-whoring. Checking the relative length of up-moderated comments on /., one realizes that this system would contribute to a lot of "insightful" bloat. On the other hand, are we interested in getting "funny" one-liners?

I see a parallel...

[IGnatius T Foobar]

This sounds a lot like the school of thought which suggests that "If you allow yourself to live in fear, then the terrorists have already won."

It isn't much of a stretch to draw a parallel and assert that "If you allow yourself to live in legal paranoia, then SCO has already won."

Re:A Good Thing(tm)

[Eccles]

Anything that prevents the possibility of another SCO-type BS lawsuit is a Good Thing.

One horse's head in Darl McBride's bed comin' up!

Re:When?

[vijaya_chandra]

when MS decides to replace kernel.dll with vmlinuz-2.x.x-xx