Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 10 Nov 2005 14:26:36 +0100 | From | Pavel Machek <> | Subject | Re: merge status |
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Hi!
> > 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 guess all we can do is to encourage people to merge up when it's working, > not when it's time to merge it into mainline.
Well, merge when previous stuff is way easier, because you can just do cg-diff. When my previous changes enter mainline, it is suddenly very easy to generate next patch. [And it makes sense, it is
cg-diff -r origin:
"let's see what I missed].
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