Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263071AbVCEHy0 (ORCPT ); Sat, 5 Mar 2005 02:54:26 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262774AbVCEHy0 (ORCPT ); Sat, 5 Mar 2005 02:54:26 -0500 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([66.187.233.31]:23459 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263121AbVCEHxr (ORCPT ); Sat, 5 Mar 2005 02:53:47 -0500 Date: Sat, 5 Mar 2005 02:53:43 -0500 From: Dave Jones To: Linus Torvalds Cc: Greg KH , Andrew Morton , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, chrisw@osdl.org Subject: Re: Linux 2.6.11.1 Message-ID: <20050305075343.GA20513@redhat.com> Mail-Followup-To: Dave Jones , Linus Torvalds , Greg KH , Andrew Morton , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, chrisw@osdl.org References: <20050304175302.GA29289@kroah.com> <20050304124431.676fd7cf.akpm@osdl.org> <20050304205842.GA32232@kroah.com> <20050304131537.7039ca10.akpm@osdl.org> <20050304135933.3a325efc.akpm@osdl.org> <20050304220518.GC1201@kroah.com> <20050304143614.203278fd.akpm@osdl.org> <20050305000604.GA3355@kroah.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 936 Lines: 27 On Fri, Mar 04, 2005 at 04:28:02PM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote: > > > On Fri, 4 Mar 2005, Greg KH wrote: > > > On Fri, Mar 04, 2005 at 02:36:14PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote: > > > But we end up with a cset in the permanent kernel history which simply > > > should not have been there. > > > > Is this really a big deal? > > Once? No. If it ends up being "par for the course", it's bad. The amount of stuff in the sucker tree shouldn't really amount to /that/ many patches should it ? If it does, then 2.6.x is in worse shape than we've all been admitting. Would it be that much work to just send the 'meat' as gnu patches, and leave the not-for-linus stuff alone ? Dave - 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/