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Information on how to contribute to the kernel--and most big open source projects--is readily available in multiple formats. This is the first I've heard that S

• belorn 13y ago
  So the issue is not that people have to familiarize with the SO process, but rather that the SO process is badly documented. Maybe a bit circular, but maybe someone should post on SO meta to improve the documentation?
  • pbsdp 13y ago
    The problem is that you have a complex and exclusionary process to begin with. The comparison with open-source isn't apt; inclusion in the mainline of an open-source project affects every user of that project. Keeping code that does not fit with the goals of the project negatively impacts existing users of that project. Not so for SO questions, or for Wikipedia pages; a page or question you never see, but contains useful information you don't personally think is notable (or "constructive"), costs you nothing to keep. This is just the Wikipedia editorial/deletionist problem. Some people are more interested in enacting and enforcing process and community "norms".