Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S933192AbWKNAAH (ORCPT ); Mon, 13 Nov 2006 19:00:07 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S933195AbWKNAAH (ORCPT ); Mon, 13 Nov 2006 19:00:07 -0500 Received: from iabervon.org ([66.92.72.58]:29968 "EHLO iabervon.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S933192AbWKNAAE (ORCPT ); Mon, 13 Nov 2006 19:00:04 -0500 Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2006 19:00:02 -0500 (EST) From: Daniel Barkalow To: Paul Fulghum cc: Andrew Morton , Krzysztof Halasa , Jeff Garzik , =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Toralf_F=F6rster?= , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Re: linux-2.6.19-rc5-g088406bc build #120 failed In-Reply-To: <4558FC91.5020507@microgate.com> Message-ID: References: <200611130943.42463.toralf.foerster@gmx.de> <4558860B.8090908@garzik.org> <45588895.7010501@microgate.com> <4558BF72.2030408@microgate.com> <4558E652.1080905@microgate.com> <20061113150616.5bd122ae.akpm@osdl.org> <4558FC91.5020507@microgate.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 868 Lines: 20 On Mon, 13 Nov 2006, Paul Fulghum wrote: > I'm not really sure how to preempt objections > with the changelog. The objections seemed to be > against the fundemental mechanism of the patch. In your changelog, explain why you're doing things differently from how some people will suggest. That way, when new people read the new thread started by your new patch, they see the results of the previous cycle and don't rehash old arguments. This also means that people in the future wondering why the code is weird there can find out without extensive mailing list searching. -Daniel *This .sig left intentionally blank* - 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/