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K. Ryabitsev

Are you someone who has a simple fix for something in the Linux kernel, but haven't bothered submitting a patch because you find the email workflow daunting? Can be a bugfix, spelling correction, anything at all.

If so, I want to talk to you! I have tools that simplify this process quite a bit, but I need more feedback from people who aren't long-term Linux maintainers.

Please reach out, either via here or by emailing mricon@kernel.org.
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@fclc Yeah, you're probably not the person I'm looking for. :)

I aim to make patch workflows easier, but I'm afraid all other parts of Linux kernel contribution process are going to remain hard -- because programming kernels and getting everyone to agree is hard. :)
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@falktx Yes, you're the kind of person I'm looking for! I'm recording a quickie video of me submitting a basic typo fix to illustrate my workflow and I'd be interested in feedback.
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@wolf480pl sending in a patch is still the right way to go, because even if it doesn't get upstreamed right away, someone may find it to solve the same problem.
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@Edent check out https://b4.docs.kernel.org/en/latest/contributor/overview.html and see if that makes things easier.
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@wolf480pl I wouldn't say anything like that. Just state that this fixed your problem, so you are sharing the patch in case it's useful.
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