Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 27 Dec 2001 11:17:50 -0700 | From | Richard Gooch <> | Subject | Re: The direction linux is taking |
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Dave Jones writes: > On Thu, 27 Dec 2001, Richard Gooch wrote: > > > Sure, although I post to l-k a URL and ChangeLog, and separately send > > to Linus/Marcelo the actual patch. People grumble when I send kiB's > > (or even kB's :-) to the list. > > Good enough. (In fact, preferable imo, as long as the patch stays > at the url if still relevant/unapplied).
Oh, sure. <checking archive>. I've still got a devfs patch dating back to 20-AUG-1998 on my ftp site. I think that's long enough :-)
> The "I sent a patch n times to linus without ccing l-k and he didn't > apply it" case however, is a lost one imo.
Agreed. Patches need review. It's actually quite frustrating when you post patches, wait a week, send it off to Linus/Marcelo, and when the new kernel comes out, suddenly bug reports come out of the woodwork.
Regards,
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