Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757518Ab0FILGR (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 Jun 2010 07:06:17 -0400 Received: from mail-fx0-f46.google.com ([209.85.161.46]:43359 "EHLO mail-fx0-f46.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752966Ab0FILGQ (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 Jun 2010 07:06:16 -0400 Message-ID: <4C0F7533.4070502@monstr.eu> Date: Wed, 09 Jun 2010 13:04:19 +0200 From: Michal Simek Reply-To: monstr@monstr.eu User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.22 (X11/20090625) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Linus Torvalds CC: Geert Uytterhoeven , LKML Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] arch/microblaze fixes for 2.6.35-rc3 v2 References: <4C0D3853.60000@petalogix.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2001 Lines: 46 Linus Torvalds wrote: > > On Tue, 8 Jun 2010, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: >> Seems like you will have written more angry emails than there will be >> new commits in 2.6.35-rc3 ;-) > > Well, partly in order to be fair. I did consider letting architectures > like microblaze just off the hook entirely - it's not like it will affect > a lot of people. But at the same time, I don't want to be in the situation > that some people get to send me patches just because I don't happen to > think that their changes will matter to most others. > > And at this stage, I'd rather be too strict than too lenient. If -rc3 has > no new regressions, and fixes the ones that hit people worst, I'll be very > happy. I can be more open to patches after I get back, if it turns out > that I was _too_ strict for -rc3. > > As to the number of "no, I won't take it" emails, I suspect a large part > of that is simply because most developers (understandably) do not read > lkml, stauing mostly on the development lists that are more specific to > their particular area. As a result, there's no real way to reliably reach > people, and I end up sending basically the same message several times. > > Which obviously tends to also then make the messages more cross ;) First of all let me apologize for this situation. There is no excuse that I sent new features in requests after rc. I've changed my workflow and I will send new pull request with the strict regression fixes only. There will be only two patches which I would like to add to your tree. Thanks and sorry for hassle, Michal -- Michal Simek, Ing. (M.Eng) w: www.monstr.eu p: +42-0-721842854 Maintainer of Linux kernel 2.6 Microblaze Linux - http://www.monstr.eu/fdt/ Microblaze U-BOOT custodian -- 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/