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Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2012 13:14:45 +0200
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 02/14] rt2x00: Align rt2400pci GPIOCSR definition with datasheet.
From: Gertjan van Wingerde <gwingerde@gmail.com>
To: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
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	"John W. Linville" <linville@tuxdriver.com>,
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Hi Jonathan,

On Fri, Aug 31, 2012 at 4:21 AM, Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> wrote:
> Gertjan van Wingerde wrote:
>
>> I guess it could be split up, but I don't see the point. Technically
>> this patch is not needed in stable, but the next patch in the series
>> depends on this one and that one is targeted at stable, so therefore
>> this one is targeted at stable as well.
>
> If I were to reroll the series without unnecessary changes, would that
> be useful to you?

Nevermind, I'll refactor the series myself to reduce the number of
patches and to better separate the fixes from the clean-ups.
I can probably do that much faster (within an hour) than you can.

>
> The whole point of point releases is to fix bugs while avoiding
> pointless changes, providing a stable codebase that is easy to build
> on and keeping the volume of new changes to sift through when
> regressions are introduced low.
>

I agree. However, in this case I tried to balance new development with
bug fixing to prevent a lot of double work (and failed to do so).

---
Gertjan