Conversation
krzk

Krzysztof Kozlowski

Edited 1 month ago

When a vendor wants to control upstreaming process and objects to community-led patches, I’ll just point to this brilliant response from @conor:

It’s only better if <vendor name> submits better quality patches (no evidence for that yet) or submits the patches more promptly than others (which clearly has not happened here), and offers review commentary etc at a higher standard and more frequently than a non-employee maintainer would be able to do (there’s no evidence for that so far either, given you’re trying to stall this patchset). Your claim seems to have no merit as there is no proof that you’d do a better job.

https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250925-jaundice-uneasy-ff8b3b595879@spud/

2
17
33
aspragg@ohai.social

aspragg

Reply to @krzk
Edited 1 month ago

@krzk @conor Tagging in @lwn as this looks like a strong candidate for QOTW 🙂

0
0
2
conor

Conor Dooley

Reply to @krzk
@krzk The annoying thing is that this behaviour does actually work, especially when the people involved are not established contributors. Felt like I was kinda dog-piling there, since you'd already responded - but I was furious reading their mail.
1
1
4
krzk

Krzysztof Kozlowski

Reply to @conor
@conor I see now that the stalling-email from vendor partially worked and discouraged community from maintaining the code. Sigh...
1
0
1
conor

Conor Dooley

Reply to @krzk
@krzk Yup.. Positive aspect is that they're willing to submit patches still and that our collective response to anlogic helped with that.
1
0
1
krzk

Krzysztof Kozlowski

Reply to @conor
@conor Ha! I got you into LWN :) https://lwn.net/Articles/1039531/
0
0
1
About social.kernel.org

Terms of service

  1. Please do not use this service in violation of the Linux Kernel Code of Conduct. Doing so will result in your account suspension with the referral of the matter to the CoC committee.

  2. "Repeating"/"boosting" someone else's status on this platform will be treated as endorsement and will fall under rule #1.

  3. You are encouraged to use this platform to promote your work on the Linux Kernel, but there is no restriction on permitted topics (with the exception of anything covered by #1 above).

  4. There is no requirement to post in English, but it should be considered the primary language of communication on this platform.

Privacy notice

The admins of this service have access to all posted statuses. They aren't looking, but if it's something they shouldn't know about, then you should not post it on this platform.

Please see the Linux Foundation Privacy Policy, which applies to this platform as well.

Getting your own account

If you would like an account on this instance, please check that the following applies to you:

  • You are listed in MAINTAINERS or CREDITS

  • OR: You have a kernel.org account or email address

  • OR: You have a long and established history of involvement with the Linux Kernel

If the above is true and you agree with the Terms of Service and Privacy Notice listed above, please use these instructions to request an account: