Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 22 Mar 2008 01:16:42 +0100 | From | "Jesper Juhl" <> | Subject | Re: [patch 07/76] NIU: Bump driver version and release date. |
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On 22/03/2008, David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> wrote: > From: "Jesper Juhl" <jesper.juhl@gmail.com> > Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2008 01:10:40 +0100 > > > > As I see it, this patch is quite trivial and does not fix any "real problem". > > How come this is suitable for -stable? > > > > I have no objections to the patch "as such", I just don't think it > > makes sense for -stable. > > > It makes a difference for driver maintainers when users > report bugs and we ask them for the version printed > by the driver so that we know which fixes have been > applied. > Ok, fair enough.
> You know, if people are going to be jerky about this, > I'll just include the version bump in the actual bug > fixes which I sometimes do anyways. > > Thanks for bringing this up, it's a useful use of > everyone's time :-/ > Excuse me for reading patches, trying to spot problems and thinking about where they are applied and what rules apply etc.
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