Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 15 Jul 2007 23:29:40 +0200 | From | "Jesper Juhl" <> | Subject | Re: Ask for help, about the trivial patches. |
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On 15/07/07, TripleX Chung <triplex@zh-kernel.org> wrote: > Jesper Juhl wrote: > > Note: my explanations below are based on how I understand these > > things, but I'm not the trivial patch monkey nor did I help create > > these guidelines, so I'm in no way authoritative on the subject. > > > > On 13/07/07, TripleX Chung <triplex@zh-kernel.org> wrote: > >> I am working on the chinese translated version of > >> Documentation/SubmittingPatches and get some problem about the "Trivial > >> patches".I can not understand what "Trivial patches" exactly means.The > >> documentation said: > >> > > > > If you are unclear of the meaning of the word "trivial", then take a > > look here for an explanation: http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/trivial > > > Thanks for your help. > But I still have problems. > Trivial means "of little worth or importance". But some of the examples > in the rules are important, like "runtime fixes". Spell fixes must be > unimportant, but most of the runtime fixes like memory leaks or NULL > pointers must be important. I was still a little confused with them. >
Think more along the lines of "simple, localized & easy to verify".
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