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Torvalds says submitting known buggy kernel patches is a breach of trust – iTWire
Linux creator Linus Torvalds says that while the submission of known buggy patches to the kernel team is not a huge deal, it is obviously a breach of trust.
Linux creator Linus Torvalds says that while the submission of known buggy patches to the kernel team is not a huge deal, it is obviously a breach of trust.Torvalds was reacting to the act by a group at the University of Minnesota who sent known buggy patches to senior developer Greg Kroah-Hartman in order to write a paper.
Kroah-Hartman, normally a man who is the epitome of politeness, lost his cool when these patches were sent as it needlessly created additional work for him. He maintains the…
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