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From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com>
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Subject: Re: A modest proposal -- We need a patch penguin
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On Wed, 30 Jan 2002, Larry McVoy wrote:
>
> And you just lost some useful information.

No. If the useless crap ends up hiding the real points in the revision
history, getting rid of crud is _good_.

Remember how I asked for a way to "batch up" revision history? Same issue.
Crap is crap, and it more often hides the real issues than enlightens
anything at all.

		Linus

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