From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To: juha.siltala@mail.suomi.net (Juha Siltala)
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Past CREDITS files
Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2001 23:04:32 +0100 (BST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <E15pGbY-0004PT-00@the-village.bc.nu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20011003162217.5eda53e8.juha.siltala@mail.suomi.net> from "Juha Siltala" at Oct 03, 2001 04:22:17 PM
> I would like to examine the CREDITS files of all/most kernels released over
> time. How could I get my hands on these? I want to study the accumulation
> of contributors over the years. This is part of my masters thesis project.
Download all the kernels. Be aware they are
- Wildly inaccurate
- Started becoming accurate later on
- Were subject to significant external effects (the RH IPO
caused people to massively update/send in new CREDIT entries)
They still represent a tiny subset of contributors. Especially the thousands
who send in the odd small patch
> BTW, when was the current twofold stable/devel numbering scheme started?
See my historical mail archive.
http://www.linux.org.uk/Old-LK/Old-linux-kernel
Its in there somewhere 8)
prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-10-04 22:02 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-10-03 13:22 Past CREDITS files Juha Siltala
2001-10-03 13:38 ` Brian Gerst
2001-10-04 1:47 ` David Weinehall
2001-10-04 7:32 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2001-10-04 2:22 ` Robert Love
2001-10-04 7:59 ` Henning P. Schmiedehausen
2001-10-04 16:04 ` Horst von Brand
2001-10-04 6:53 ` Juha Siltala
2001-10-04 9:35 ` Stanford checker [was Re: Past CREDITS files] Ville Herva
2001-10-04 19:11 ` David Weinehall
2001-10-04 22:04 ` Alan Cox [this message]
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