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Re:I got robbed of my first kernel contribution by alain94040 on Wednesday September 27, 2023 @11:52AM (#37676526)
Agreed. I see the job of an experienced maintainer as a facilitator who should bend over backward to help other people's contributions land cleanly. The help often involves feedback on style and architecture consistency, but a sign of a great maintainer is someone who credits others, and mostly stays behind the curtain making sure everything goes smoothly.
Re:I got robbed of my first kernel contribution by CodeWriter23 on Wednesday September 27, 2023 @12:27PM (#37677109)
And occasionally coming out from under the bridge to give guidance when a contributor gets too far into the weeds.