Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 15 Apr 2009 14:23:26 -0700 (PDT) | Subject | Re: Fix quilt merge error in acpi-cpufreq.c | From | David Miller <> |
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From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2009 12:43:02 -0700 (PDT)
> And if it _is_ obvious, then the mechanical "Impact:" thing is pointless. > > In other words - in neither case does it actually help anything at all. > It's only distracting noise.
FWIW I find the Impact: blurbs highly annoying too. Just freakin' say what the damn patch does in the commit message.
If a person can't be bothered to skim the commit message text, this Impact: tag only gives them a false sense of understanding what the change does.
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