> committing via Github [...] there might actually be a decent well of untapped potential there
I don't buy it. Contributing to the Linux kernel is inherently non-trivial, and I find it completely implausible that any non-negligible number of developers are able to do that while not knowing how to send a mail.
Seriously, what's the scenario supposed to be here? "I've found a bug in low-level C code, and it's not a false positive, and I fixed and tested it, and I've looked up and followed the kernel coding guidelines, but I don't know how/am too lazy to send a patch per mail"?
> don't know how/am too lazy to send a patch per mail"?
Arguably, it's even easier to do so with git format-patch and send-email commands, since they address the issue of MUAs mangling the patch before sending it to the mailing list.
I don't buy it. Contributing to the Linux kernel is inherently non-trivial, and I find it completely implausible that any non-negligible number of developers are able to do that while not knowing how to send a mail.
Seriously, what's the scenario supposed to be here? "I've found a bug in low-level C code, and it's not a false positive, and I fixed and tested it, and I've looked up and followed the kernel coding guidelines, but I don't know how/am too lazy to send a patch per mail"?