Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 08 Jan 2008 23:55:09 +0100 | From | Jiri Slaby <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 3/5] x86: coding style fixes in arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c |
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On 01/08/2008 11:17 PM, Sam Ravnborg wrote: >>> Most of these kernel changes would probably get in the way of real >>> development, making patches reject that would otherwise apply. >> I'm curious, in what way would they interfere? > > Developer A work one some complicated stuff in foo.c which is > not yet -mm fooder. > > Developer B submits and have applied a massive cleanup to some of the > files touced by Developer A's patch. > > Developer A now needs to fix up his stuff.
Ok, to be honest, how often is this a problem?
And then, how hard is it to rebase the patch?
And if it is a problem, then you can still drop a message, such as don't do this, I have a big patch here.
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