Re: Canonical kernel contributions (was: Linux on the desktop...)

["bostonlinuxandunix" <user=37@nabble.blu.org>]

 On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 11:42 AM, Jarod Wilson <[hidden email]> wrote: 

> 
> I feel obligated to post another link: 
> 
> http://blog.phunnypharm.org/2008/07/canonical-and-linux-kernel.html
> 
> Its a rebuttal by Ben Collins, one of Canonical's kernel guys, who 
> admits that while Canonical still hasn't contributed anywhere near as 
> much to the kernel as others, its more than 6 patches in 5 years -- more 
> like ~90. 


Interesting. While the comments on that blog don't mention it, it looks 
to me like the count doesn't necessarily include everything Canonical 
might send upstream; it only counts contributions that were accepted 
and incorporated into the kernel. If Canonical submitted 500 patches, 
and 499 were rejected, they would only be credited with a single 
contribution. 



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