> tracking/fixing. The big issue really is the drivers, and it's simply
> because several of the maintainers of drivers are lackadasical about
> doing their job and chasing people down when bug reports are submitted
> against them.
Most drivers dont have formal maintainers people fix them when they break and
then go off and do other things. A lot of driver problems occur in the field
and so we get a lot of fixes from folks whose primary business in life is
making their site stable so they can sleep at night.
Alan
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