Re:I got robbed of my first kernel contribution
by xw3099 on Wednesday September 27, 2023 @01:55PM
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> surely no strategy that worked to launch a project from tiny seed to maturity and market saturation has ever then failed to keep it relevant in the long term...
If the rate of submissions falls then it certainly makes sense to adjust. Until then, don't fix what isn't broken.
Re:I got robbed of my first kernel contribution
by caconym_ on Wednesday September 27, 2023 @02:42PM
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Frankly, if you treat effortful but green contributors the same way you treat grindset morons and LinkedIn jockeys, I would put money on the submission rate from the latter continuing to increase long after most of the former have decided your project isn't worth their time.
This is a bit of a moot point, though, since I don't think it's very common for Linux kernel maintainers to behave this way. Correct me if I'm wrong.
Indeed, and while we're speaking in broad generalities, surely no strategy that worked to launch a project from tiny seed to maturity and market saturation has ever then failed to keep it relevant in the long term...
> I can see how drive by contributions could get old fast from their point of view.
Indeed. But (again addressing generalities) my issue here is that the contribution in question doesn't read as "drive by" to me.