Re: avoiding rejects

[Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>]

On Tue, 10 Jul 2007, Andrew Morton wrote:
> There are many situations where patching the kernel involves adding a new
> item to a list, such as:
> 
> - adding a makefile line
> - adding a new #include
> - adding a new Kconfig entry
> - adding a new PCI ID
> - adding a record to feature-removal.txt
> - adding a new sysctl table entry
> - etc
> 
> Of course, everyone just sticks the new entry at the end of the existing
> entries.  This strategy carefully maximises the opportunity for patch
> rejects and leads to unhappiness.
> 
> Most of these lists are unordered anyway, so inserting the new item at a
> randomly-chosen position is a better approach than just appending it.

Really?

#includes should be sorted alphabetically
Lots of other stuff should be sorted numerically/alphabetically

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

						Geert

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