Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Input-gameport: Add the macro "pr_fmt" for module "joydump" | From | Joe Perches <> | Date | Sat, 24 Sep 2016 11:01:03 -0700 |
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On Sat, 2016-09-24 at 19:45 +0200, SF Markus Elfring wrote: > > It's purposeless, creates unnecessary patches to review > > and generally wastes other people's time. > I have got an other opinion about this.
Nice for you, not nice for others that have to act on your patch proposals to get them forwarded upstream.
> > Please don't purposefully waste other people's time. > I do not want to "waste" your time.
When a chorus of voices says to you that you are wasting their time, perhaps you listen to their song.
> > It makes your patch proposals _less_ likely to be applied. > The acceptance varies as usual.
Usual for whom?
It seems to me your patch proposals have a relatively high unapplied patch percentage and there is an increase in the number of upstream maintainers that ignore you.
> I see also another option. > > * Can the first three update steps from this small patch series be integrated > while the fourth needs further adjustments (where I went a bit too far)? > > * Do you prefer to squash the last two update steps together?
Yes, the overall number of patches should be minimized when the suggested patches are highly related.
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