Re: [PATCH 1/1] [IA32-EMU] Remove trailing spaces

["Cyrill Gorcunov" <gorcunov@gmail.com>]

The patch is just an addition to second one. So if you dont like it -
just drop it, if it do conflict with other patches - just drop it.
That simple :) what is the benefit of removing spaces? "try to keep
your code clean" i've read somwhere...

On 11/13/07, Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> wrote:
> On Monday 12 November 2007 23:59:21 David Miller wrote:
> > From: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
> > Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2007 23:55:54 +0100
> >
> > > Sure, it's likely not your time that will be wasted.
> >
> > I have to respin in excess of 800 networking patches at a time due to
> > these kinds of things.  It's absolutely trivial, whether by hand
> > or using tool options that help you with this kind of task.
>
> Sure, but what benefit did it have?
>
> Could you have done something more useful in the time you needed to
> write the scripts for that?
>
> Also it's not only my time -- there are a lot of people who have x86
> patches. e.g. if 20 people have patches and they need half an hour
> each to write and test and apply scripts for that we're talking about more
> than a man-day overall wasted.
>
> > Suck it up Andi.
>
> Well it just seems a dumb thing to do and I like to complain about dumb
> things.
> Sorry that you are more generous about wasting other people's time.
>
> The end white space tends to disappear over time anyways because
> it is filtered out on everything new, but bulk changing it on old
> unchanged code is not a good idea.
>
> -Andi (who will shut up because he's approaching the half hour limit
> for such silly topics. At least it was only me and you though, not 20
> people)
>
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