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4.11 Kernel development statistics

andy_shev — Mon, 24 Apr 2017 09:29:26 +0000

Perhaps it would be fixed by using correct SoB and authorship chains?

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vomlehn — Fri, 21 Apr 2017 18:01:58 +0000

My apologies. I wound up on the list of "Most active 4.11 developers" (under "By changed lines") by accident. I was helping Aquantia's driver team through the process of getting their work accepted in the kernel. I did code reviews, helped them conform with kernel style standards, and did the final polish before submitting the patch. That's how I ended up with the mechanically-derived credit. The real hard work of driver development was done by:

Alexander Loktionov
Dmitrii Tarakanov
Pavel Belous
Dmitry Bezrukov

Alexander should really be credited as first among peers, with substantial contributions from the others.

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PaXTeam — Thu, 20 Apr 2017 20:06:07 +0000

> People do test the whole release, but where do I put that information?

how about the last commit that updates the kernel version itself?

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xyz — Thu, 20 Apr 2017 15:18:05 +0000

Thank you for the quick fix. :-)

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lpremoli — Thu, 20 Apr 2017 15:12:47 +0000

Do you think it would be possible to add also some hint on what each company / individuals are wokring on? I mean is it possible o highlight also the Top Trends of the Top contributor Companies/Individuals? Thanks, Luca

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jake — Thu, 20 Apr 2017 14:58:16 +0000

> That is funny because it is related with the the remark at the end of the table:
> "This table has gotten pretty boring over the years; it tends not to change much from one cycle to the next."

Indeed :)

typo fixed, thanks for the report (and chuckle)

jake

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xyz — Thu, 20 Apr 2017 14:46:37 +0000

I have noticed a typo in the title of the table "Most active employers" that still says:

Most active 4.10 employers

That is funny because it is related with the the remark at the end of the table:
"This table has gotten pretty boring over the years; it tends not to change much from one cycle to the next."

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gregkh — Thu, 20 Apr 2017 08:20:54 +0000

I doubt it as I don't add those types of markings to the patches added to the stable/lts kernels, I just use the original patch text instead.

And very rarely do people test individual stable patches, when they do, I do add their name to the patch, but it's not normal to have happen...

People do test the whole release, but where do I put that information?

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Beolach — Wed, 19 Apr 2017 19:38:43 +0000

Would the Reported-by / Tested-by tags be more interesting for stable / LTS kernel updates?