On Wed, Aug 6, 2014 at 12:58 PM, <Valdis.Kletnieks@xxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, 06 Aug 2014 10:48:14 +0100, Anuz Pratap Singh Tomar said: > >> oh man you have gained prominence in vger? >> They have banned you from vger. > > Wow. I've been around for a dozen years or so, and can't remember *that* ever > happening before. That takes some *major* doing, and could take literally years > to straighten out. How to approach that? > > 0) Nick can't screw up again. *AT ALL*. Patches have to be clean and correct on > the first try, and posting something stupid or failing to listen and implement > maintainer suggestions will probably be fatal. Yes, that *does* mean that > posting a "great new idea" that's half-baked or worse will probably be fatal, > which means you should bounce the idea off several other people who actually > know the kernel. I see a *lot* of "this would be great if" ideas that aren't > actually good ideas - either the kernel would have to be majorly re-written for > little gain, or the idea is contrary to the way things are done in the kernel, > or there's hidden reasons we don't already do it... > > 1) Pick *one* (or at most two) sub-lists, subscribe, and *SHUT UP AND READ*. > Resist the temptation to post anything. Learn. Pay attention to the > maintainer's comments on other patches - this is how you learn what they want > to see in a patch, and what they *don't* want to see. > > 2) Once you get an actual handle on what's considered a "good" patch series > for that section of the kernel, *then* start thinking about small patches. > > 3) Before sending the first few patches, *review* them. Test compile them. Test > boot them. E-mail them to yourself, and make sure they apply. Have somebody > else look at them off-list first, to make sure you didn't do something stupid. > Do everything possible to make sure it's *RIGHT* the first time it hits the > sub-list. > > After 3-4 years of this, and the start of a record of having correct patches, > the powers that be might consider un-doing a ban.... So I assume I am up the list for a while then. Regards Nick _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies
