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].
Pavel
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Thanks, Sharp!
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