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Sigh. Story time. A long time ago (2006,7,8?) before Sarah took over USB development, I tried to start getting fixes into the un-maintained USB stack. I submit

Sigh. Story time. A long time ago (2006,7,8?) before Sarah took over USB development, I tried to start getting fixes into the un-maintained USB stack. I submitted fixes for leaks, segfaults, and general cleanup and documentation. At the time, the "maintainer" was one of the most unhelpful, and ugly people I ever dealt with over e-mail. After months of writing with the person over a simple leak he'd introduced, I gave up, deciding to fix it on a branch, and publish our code rather than deal with that developer. I vowed I'd never go back -- and I still haven't. I'm not saying all kernel developers are jerks, but I'm not interested in working with those that are. As such, I'm just not willing to spend my time trying to help. (And maybe some developers want to keep it that way. So, I guess we're both happier for it.)

lolo_ 11y ago
This makes me wonder if this subsystem is a particular culprit for these issues. It seems like it's pot luck as to how friendly one subsystem is in comparison to another. That's not to say something shouldn't be done here, but does tally with what I've heard about this in the past.
- digi_owl 11y ago
  Could be. Sometimes it seems that a project or similar gets started by someone with serious technical knowhow, but then as it heads more towards maintenance it gets put up for grabs for anyone to take over. At that point you get someone with more interest in the position than the tech stepping in, and it all descends into hell.