> since fixing stuff may require a more specialized expertise and knowledge That's why sign-offs from reviewers are "required", no? It seems the correct menta

> since fixing stuff may require a more specialized expertise and knowledge That's why sign-offs from reviewers are "required", no? It seems the correct mentality to encourage people to do hack on the kernel, show that things are possible, they are "working on my machine", and then ... yeah, they will need to go through the usually length process of getting it merged. But starting with "synchronization between different teams" usually gets shrugs and "let's get back to it soon"-s.