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    On Thu, 10 Nov 2005 10:01 am, Andrew Morton wrote:
    > James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@SteelEye.com> wrote:
    > > it's my contributors who drop me in it
    > > by leaving their patch sets until you declare a kernel, dumping the
    > > integration testing on me in whatever time window is left.
    >
    > Yes, I think I'm noticing an uptick in patches as soon as a kernel is
    > released.
    >
    > It's a bit irritating, and is unexpected (here, at least). I guess people
    > like to hold onto their work for as long as possible so when they release
    > it, it's in the best possible shape.

    I suspect part of that is the concern about whether the code will merge with
    whatever -mm looks like next. Of course you already do ludicrous amounts of
    merging, but sometimes you'll just throw it back and say "too many rejects".

    Cheers,
    Con
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