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Date: Mon, 23 May 2005 20:44:39 -0400
From: Andy Stewart <andystewart@comcast.net>
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Subject: Re: enable-reads-on-plextor-712-sa-on-26115.patch added to -mm tree
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HI Andrew,

Andrew Morton wrote:
> Andy Stewart <andystewart@comcast.net> 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

- --
Andy Stewart, Founder
Worcester Linux Users' Group
Worcester, MA, USA
http://www.wlug.org

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