Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 27 Apr 2006 14:50:17 -0700 | From | "Randy.Dunlap" <> | Subject | Re: 2.6.17-rc2-mm1 |
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On Fri, 28 Apr 2006 07:41:52 +1000 Grant Coady wrote:
> On Thu, 27 Apr 2006 12:19:30 -0700, Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> wrote: > > >I don't like dropping patches. Because then the thing needs to be fixed up > >and resent and remerged and re-reviewed and rejects need to re-fixed-up and > >this adds emailing overhead and 12-24 hour turnaround, etc. I very much > >prefer to hang onto the patch and get it fixed up. This means that I > >usually have to do the fixing-up. > > Perhaps dropping patches with obvious faults with some feedback > to submitter may reduce your workload ;) And is slowing down the > merge a little in these cases such a bad thing if it improves > patch quality over time?
True dat. That's what I would do. :) But I seem to need more sleep than Andrew does.
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