From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2001 22:33:44 +0100 From: Ingo Oeser Subject: Re: Linux-2.4.x patch submission policy Message-ID: <20010108223343.O10035@nightmaster.csn.tu-chemnitz.de> References: <937neu$p95$1@penguin.transmeta.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: ; from riel@conectiva.com.br on Sun, Jan 07, 2001 at 02:37:47PM -0200 Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org Return-Path: To: Rik van Riel Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org List-ID: On Sun, Jan 07, 2001 at 02:37:47PM -0200, Rik van Riel wrote: > Once we are sure 2.4 is stable for just about anybody I > will submit some of the really trivial enhancements for > inclusion; all non-trivial patches I will maintain in a > VM bigpatch, which will be submitted for inclusion around > 2.5.0 and should provide one easy patch for those distribution > vendors who think 2.4 VM performance isn't good enough for > them ;) Hmm, could you instead follow Andreas approach and have a directory with little patches, that do _exactly_ one thing and a file along to describe what is related, dependend and what each patch does? So people could try to suit them to their needs. And they can tell you exactly _what_ change breaks instead of "It doesn't work". Thanks & Regards Ingo Oeser -- 10.+11.03.2001 - 3. Chemnitzer LinuxTag <<<<<<<<<<<< come and join the fun >>>>>>>>>>>> -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@kvack.org. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux.eu.org/Linux-MM/