$ git log --pretty=format:"%an" drivers/char/random.c | sort | uniq | wc
The number of committers to random.c is 41. You missed having a lame joke by just one committer. On Thu, Aug 15, 2013 at 10:23 AM, Maxim Kammerer <m...@dee.su> wrote: > On Thu, Aug 15, 2013 at 7:33 PM, Doug Chamberlin > <chamberlin.d...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Are you really saying THOUSANDS have reviewed and maintain the RNG? For > > real? > > You are right — I didn't take the possibility of useless > tongue-in-cheek remarks into account when using that expression in > order to support a technical argument. Why don't you check the 20-year > commit history of the relevant code [1], make an educated guess wrt. > reviewers/committers ratio, account for developer attrition rate, and > return to us with a hopefully better estimate. Good luck! > > [1] > https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/log/drivers/char/random.c > > > -- > Maxim Kammerer > Liberté Linux: http://dee.su/liberte > -- > Liberationtech is a public list whose archives are searchable on Google. > Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. > Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at > compa...@stanford.edu. >
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