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RE: [External] Re: ThinkPad laptops preinstalled Linux

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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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RE: [External]  Re: ThinkPad laptops preinstalled Linux Pirate Praveen <praveen@onenetbeyond.org> - 2020-06-05 11:10 +0200
  Re: [External] Re: ThinkPad laptops preinstalled Linux Mark Pearson <markpearson@lenovo.com> - 2020-06-05 15:30 +0200
    Re: [External] Re: ThinkPad laptops preinstalled Linux Paul Wise <pabs@debian.org> - 2020-06-05 16:10 +0200
      Re: [External] Re: ThinkPad laptops preinstalled Linux Mark Pearson <markpearson@lenovo.com> - 2020-06-05 18:10 +0200
        Re: [External] Re: ThinkPad laptops preinstalled Linux Yves-Alexis Perez <corsac@debian.org> - 2020-06-06 17:30 +0200
          Re: [External] Re: ThinkPad laptops preinstalled Linux Mark Pearson <markpearson@lenovo.com> - 2020-06-10 14:50 +0200
            Re: [External] Re: ThinkPad laptops preinstalled Linux Yves-Alexis Perez <corsac@debian.org> - 2020-06-10 21:20 +0200
              Re: [External] Re: ThinkPad laptops preinstalled Linux Mark Pearson <markpearson@lenovo.com> - 2020-06-12 23:50 +0200
                Re: [External] Re: ThinkPad laptops preinstalled Linux Paul Wise <pabs@debian.org> - 2020-06-13 04:50 +0200
                Re: [External] Re: ThinkPad laptops preinstalled Linux Yves-Alexis Perez <corsac@debian.org> - 2020-06-14 11:20 +0200
                Re: [External] Re: ThinkPad laptops preinstalled Linux Martin <debacle@debian.org> - 2020-06-14 14:30 +0200
                Re: [External] Re: ThinkPad laptops preinstalled Linux Pierre-Elliott Bécue <peb@debian.org> - 2020-06-24 23:10 +0200
    Re: [External] Re: ThinkPad laptops preinstalled Linux Pirate Praveen <praveen@onenetbeyond.org> - 2020-06-05 16:30 +0200
    Re: [External] Re: ThinkPad laptops preinstalled Linux Marc Haber <mh+debian-project@zugschlus.de> - 2020-06-05 16:30 +0200
      Re: [External] Re: ThinkPad laptops preinstalled Linux Mark Pearson <markpearson@lenovo.com> - 2020-06-05 18:20 +0200

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