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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!uwm.edu!newsspool.doit.wisc.edu!koala.uwec.edu!daffy.anetsrvcs.uwrf.edu!cakerwood!not-for-mail From: bl03@uwrf.edu (BENJAMIN A LINDSTROM) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.advocacy,comp.unix.misc Subject: Re: Linux vs FreeBSD Followup-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.advocacy,comp.unix.misc Date: 4 Dec 1995 05:53:15 GMT Lines: 16 Message-ID: <49u2cb$83d@daffy.anetsrvcs.uwrf.edu> References: <489kuu$rbo@pelican.cs.ucla.edu> <49pb5g$di8@agate.berkeley.edu> <87rayn8ion.fsf@interbev.mindspring.com> <49qa85$q80@agate.berkeley.edu> <49s8d8$96@dyson.iquest.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: cakerwood.acc.uwrf.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 950726BETA PL0] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.advocacy:29126 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:9774 comp.unix.advocacy:11713 comp.unix.misc:19814 John S. Dyson (root@dyson.iquest.net) wrote: : : Regarding the CVS tree, there are some issues that are difficult to : resolve, but at least FreeBSD/NetBSD has coherent source code control : management!!! Since 58 people from all over the world have CVS access, : isn't that pretty darn open??? -- how many people can make a commit to the Linux : kernel for example??? (It doesn't answer the question to say that you : can edit your own copy :-)). : Patches can be submitted from anyone to Linus, and from what it sounds like if it's driver related and once you've establisted that you are working on it you can get your patches released in the next patch. Other patches don't quite get into the kernel because. a) out of date betime they get there.. or b) It breaks other things.