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Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2002 20:26:01 -0200 (BRST)
From: Rik van Riel <riel@conectiva.com.br>
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To: Rob Radez <rob@osinvestor.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] Andre's IDE Patch (4/7)
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On Sat, 19 Jan 2002, Rob Radez wrote:

> I could only compile test these.

Then I propose your patches need to get tested just as
thoroughly as Andre's patch has been tested.

Personally I'd rather see a large but months-old patch
go into 2.4 than a bunch of fragments from that patch
that haven't been tested separately...

regards,

Rik
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