Better tools for kernel developers

Posted Feb 8, 2020 23:25 UTC (Sat) by Conan_Kudo (subscriber, #103240)
In reply to: Better tools for kernel developers by pizza
Parent article: Better tools for kernel developers

This is an unreasonable response. I can count on one hand the number of projects that $DAYJOB relies on that still use email-based workflows for submitting fixes. (Hint: it's only three, and one we don't usually contribute to!) That's out of literally hundreds of projects and the three Linux distributions we contribute to.

There are a number of other concerns that prevent enabling weak app tokens. Most of them are around compliance and preventing account hijacking. Accounts of engineers are often way more privileged than non-engineers. At $DAYJOB, compliance requirements have forced us to mandate it for everyone since we try to maintain a relatively open environment for employees in the company.

As an aside, executive assistants (who you call "secretaries") tend to handle pretty sensitive stuff, and they're usually quite smart. They handle a different problem domain than engineers do, and it's a hard one. I miss being able to ask one to help me with doing travel arrangements and payment work. Doing it myself is a lot of complicated work...

Better tools for kernel developers

Posted Feb 9, 2020 3:59 UTC (Sun) by pizza (subscriber, #46) [Link] (1 responses)

> As an aside, executive assistants (who you call "secretaries") tend to handle pretty sensitive stuff, and they're usually quite smart. They handle a different problem domain than engineers do, and it's a hard one.

Well, of course "secretaries" handle a (very) different problem domain than engineers. (And one of their more challenging responsibilities is insulating executives from the effects of their own policies)

...Meanwhile, that is precisely why each group should have tools catering to their particular needs.

Better tools for kernel developers

Posted Feb 21, 2020 21:36 UTC (Fri) by Wol (subscriber, #4433) [Link]

And Secretaries handle a different domain again ... (sorry, it's one of my pet peeves, my mum was a Secretary and it is a serious legal qualification...)

Cheers,
Wol