Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751858Ab3HTWLV (ORCPT ); Tue, 20 Aug 2013 18:11:21 -0400 Received: from perches-mx.perches.com ([206.117.179.246]:44266 "EHLO labridge.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751175Ab3HTWLT (ORCPT ); Tue, 20 Aug 2013 18:11:19 -0400 Message-ID: <1377036678.2016.88.camel@joe-AO722> Subject: Re: rfc: trivial patches and slow deaths? From: Joe Perches To: Rob Landley , Andrew Morton Cc: Jiri Kosina , LKML , kernel-janitors Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2013 15:11:18 -0700 In-Reply-To: <1377035369.2737.85@driftwood> References: <1376944033.2016.13.camel@joe-AO722> <1376946644.2016.35.camel@joe-AO722> <1376947637.2016.39.camel@joe-AO722> <1377028944.2737.75@driftwood> <1377029650.2016.72.camel@joe-AO722> <1377035369.2737.85@driftwood> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" X-Mailer: Evolution 3.6.4-0ubuntu1 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1941 Lines: 56 On Tue, 2013-08-20 at 16:49 -0500, Rob Landley wrote: > On 08/20/2013 03:14:10 PM, Joe Perches wrote: > > On Tue, 2013-08-20 at 15:02 -0500, Rob Landley wrote: > > > On 08/19/2013 04:27:17 PM, Joe Perches wrote: > > > > On Mon, 2013-08-19 at 23:22 +0200, Jiri Kosina wrote: > > > > > On Mon, 19 Aug 2013, Joe Perches wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > This is a 7 line patch that corrects logging defects that has > > had > > > > no > > > > > > reply from you for the last month. > > > > > > > > > > > > https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/2833648/ > > > > > > > > > > This hasn't missed any Linus' major release, as it has been > > > > submitted post > > > > > 3.11 merge, right? (hint, that was Jul 4th). > > > > > > > > > > If this would miss *next* major Linus' release, I would accept > > your > > > > > complaints. But this is definitely not the case. > > > > > > > > You're suggesting this patch, which corrects obvious > > > > defects, should miss 3.12 and go into 3.13? > > > > > > > > I think that's wrong. > > > > > > Correcting obvious defects, which can't wait a release, is "trivial" > > > now, is it? > > > > Rob, how do you suggest this obvious and trivial > > patch be handled? > > Obvious != trivial. They're orthogonal. Silly. Some things are both obvious _and_ trivial. > > Send 6+ 1 line patches that do the same thing to > > individual maintainers? > > If it's important send it to Andrew Morton. Andrew? Do you want to handle patches for defects that are both obvious _and_ trivial? > If it's trivial it's not time critical. If it's time critical it's not > trivial. We disagree on the definition of trivial. Trivial can also mean simple and immediately evident. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/