Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 20 Apr 2001 08:51:48 -0700 | From | Tom Rini <> |
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On Fri, Apr 20, 2001 at 10:59:34AM -0400, Eric S. Raymond wrote: > Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>: > > > well, though. One is the kind I'm bumping into right now, where > > > somebody legitimately needs to make small (almost trivial) changes > > > scattered all through the tree. > > > > Yep. But such changes are rare. Or should be. > > Knowing that doesn't help me much, since I'm trying to fix up a global > namespace that touches everybody :-(.
Which does boil down to having to work with trees other than Linus or Alans. Remember, the official tree is not always the up-to-date tree, or in the case of other arches, the most relevant tree. But if you send something off to a maintainer, there's a good chance (if they're still active) they'll do what you ask, and it'll get to Linus/Alan the next time they sync. As long as the problem gets fixed, it shouldn't be as important if it's fixed in everyones tree right now, or in a release or two. If it's some sort of huge bug it just might get fixed sooner.
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