Re:I got robbed of my first kernel contribution
by hnfong on Wednesday September 27, 2023 @03:40PM
(#37680149)
> https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37675328
I was replying to a specific comment suggesting that the maintainer should do a code review, give comments and ask for an update to the patch, instead of rewriting the patch. Quoting my words out of context isn't helpful here.
Re:I got robbed of my first kernel contribution
by Arnavion on Wednesday September 27, 2023 @04:04PM
(#37680490)
And my point was that from "a utilitarian perspective" there's a middle ground between "coach the original author to produce a better patch" and "commit your own patch without crediting the original author"; it's "commit your own patch while crediting the original author". There's no "out of context" quoting in my comment.
Everyone involved in this story, both the original author, the second person who authored the patch, and the maintainer who reviewed it, are on the mailing list for that obscure architecture. It's obvious that they all care about it. Its "obscurity" in your eyes is irrelevant.
>In this case, from a utilitarian perspective, it doesn't seem obvious the maintainer should spend the extra time coaching.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37675328