Sharp: Linux Kernel Internships (OPW) Update
Sarah Sharp reports
on the response to the availability of a set of Outreach Program for
Women internships working on the Linux kernel. "As coordinator for
the Linux kernel OPW project, I was really worried about whether applicants
would be able to get patches into the kernel. Everyone knows that kernel
maintainers are the pickiest bastards^Wperfectionists about coding style,
getting the proper Signed-off-by, sending plain text email, etc. I thought
a couple applicants would be able to complete maybe one or two patches,
tops. Boy was I wrong!" In the end, 41 applicants submitted 374
patches to the kernel, of which 137 were accepted.