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

["Bill Bogstad" <user=6@nabble.blu.org>]

 On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 1:20 PM, John Abreau <[hidden email]> wrote: 
> 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.