Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755578AbZDVWDM (ORCPT ); Wed, 22 Apr 2009 18:03:12 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753675AbZDVWC4 (ORCPT ); Wed, 22 Apr 2009 18:02:56 -0400 Received: from yw-out-2324.google.com ([74.125.46.30]:14056 "EHLO yw-out-2324.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753252AbZDVWCz (ORCPT ); Wed, 22 Apr 2009 18:02:55 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; b=I9Arx7Oh/ZjbxmqtWIFoEbecEHeDmvNf2uVzrqMI6fauAOOKYmhHRQAj8oYQkvu9sZ Yd21UYU/F+BjrsDAr+a8T5+oXclRMzI19yc6uFkxOq1NScUSz8V1Z7zWMRWdr+KAaCx3 6YHDeCYZkubxqygqHt31LQkowBYevwf2yX92Q= MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <200904222341.37846.bzolnier@gmail.com> References: <200904222048.15556.bzolnier@gmail.com> <200904222143.47220.bzolnier@gmail.com> <1240430103.21848.101.camel@localhost> <200904222341.37846.bzolnier@gmail.com> From: Ray Lee Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 15:02:38 -0700 X-Google-Sender-Auth: 691f50b0dc386084 Message-ID: <2c0942db0904221502x266b66far303102c019e5e0cb@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: [git pull] IDE fixes To: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz Cc: Joe Perches , Linus Torvalds , Andrew Morton , Stephen Rothwell , linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1535 Lines: 39 On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 2:41 PM, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote: > On Wednesday 22 April 2009 21:55:03 Joe Perches wrote: >> On Wed, 2009-04-22 at 21:43 +0200, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote: >> > IMO we should just remove extra commas and add some whitespaces. >> >> Your choice. >> Ignore, reject, accept, improve, fine by me. >> >> > I have also more general (process oriented) comment: >> > >> > All patches have been posted to linux-kernel or linux-ide for review before >> > and it is _much_ more efficient to raise issues (including CodingStyle ones) >> > during "review phase" instead of during "push to Linus" phase. >> >> Maybe for you, but I'm an intermittent >> and random reader. > > For everybody involved in the process -- this includes you. > > I'm not the original author of many patches so I simply cannot be > correcting every single issue because: > > a) it is physically impossible > > b) it doesn't really educate people His point is that you can queue a follow-up patch to remove the ugliness. Just because it didn't get caught until the push stage doesn't mean the code needs to stay set in stone for the rest of eternity. What most maintainers do at this stage is say "Great idea! Send me a patch." Perhaps you could try that tack instead. -- 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/