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Re:I got robbed of my first kernel contribution by JodieBenitez on Wednesday September 27, 2023 @10:41AM (#37675338)
I don't think the number of lines is relevant. A patch is a patch and the author should be credited as such.

> Maybe it should work like that

Definitely

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Re:I got robbed of my first kernel contribution by ylyn on Wednesday September 27, 2023 @11:52AM (#37676531)
> A patch is a patch and the author should be credited as such.

But the patch was not taken. The maintainer fixed it a different way. So credit is given for reporting the issue and suggesting a fix, and that is what is represented by the Reported-By. Is that so hard to understand?

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Re:I got robbed of my first kernel contribution by alexsmarsh on Wednesday September 27, 2023 @01:35PM (#37678168)
its the suggesting a fix (ie doing the research) thats missed, anybody can point out a bug
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