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HI Andrew,
Andrew Morton wrote:
> Andy Stewart <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>Good show.
>>Aw, come on, Jeff. I gave it a shot,
>
> You did, and that's very much appreciated, thanks.
Thank you for the encouraging words. :-)
>
>>If you believe this patch is
>>inappropriate, then please ask Andrew Morton to remove it
>
> I already have removed it, but only because it appears that the patch might
> cause regressions in other areas.
I agree that my patch should be removed if it is breaking other things.
Thanks for taking it out.
>
> Basically it goes like this:
>
> - Someone sends a patch
>
> - Patch gets ignored.
>
> - I merge it, without even looking at the thing.
>
> I do this as a reminder to myself and to other developers that there is
> some kernel bug or shortcoming. Basically, it's a bug-tracking system.
> Periodically I'll spam the maintainer with the patch and eventually he'll
> tell me to drop the thing because the problem is fixed, or he'll tell the
> originator why the patch will never be merged.
>
> Either way, the patch (and the problem which caused you to write the patch)
> gets some sort of definite dispositive handling, rather than falling
> through a crack.
Thank you for the explaination, and for the feedback to let me know that
the patch didn't fall through the cracks.
Andy
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Andy Stewart, Founder
Worcester Linux Users' Group
Worcester, MA, USA
http://www.wlug.org
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