RE: [External] Re: ThinkPad laptops preinstalled Linux
On Wed, Jun 3, 2020 at 1:39 pm, Mark Pearson <mpearson@lenovo.com>
wrote:
From my point of view what I've been trying to do is to get more
involved so I can contribute/backport fixes directly. I get good
insight into what issues impact our platforms and when fixes land
upstream. It seems the best way to make contribute and make a
difference. Unfortunately I've still got a *lot* of learning to do
and it's a really slow process because the loop between offering a
fix, getting it reviewed to find out what you did wrong and
contributing the update is crazy slow (for example I have kernel MR
240 open for four weeks for an OLED brightness issue that a lot of
users think is important). My expectation is that as I make fewer
mistakes and earn some trust that will help - but until that point
(which I'm guessing will take years 😊) I have limited handles that
I can pull on to make things happen.
My *impression* is there is limited desire to accelerate fixes for
Lenovo platforms - I suspect mostly because people are just plenty
busy with the things they care about instead and I understand that.
Hi Mark,
I also use a Thinkpad (X240) with Debian unstable, it mostly work
except for some issues with touchpad and suspend (touchpad stops
working after resuming from suspend, but I work around it using an
external mouse).
As someone who maintains a package that moves too fast for debian
(gitlab which does not provide security updates to a release after 3
months) and part of the team that maintains
https://fasttrack.debian.net, I am happy to help you here.
I also mentor a lot of new contributors to Debian, so feel free to ask
me about any Debian issues and processes. I'm not an expert in drivers
and hardware, but I can definitely help with backporting part. We could
use fasttrack to make things available sooner to stable users if
regular backports are not possible.
A shout out for Hector Martinez who has been helping me a whole
bunch. Without his help I likely would have given up and wouldn't
even be reading the threads on this forum. If there are more people
like Hector (particularly in kernel, audio and graphics) let me know!
This email took me a long time to write - I'm *very* aware that I'm
new to this and don't want to cause offence. Please take all of the
above with the recognition that my viewpoint into Debian is still
limited and if I've said anything dumb/wrong/offensive let me know so
I can learn what I'm missing.
Mark
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