Re: 2.6.17-rc2-mm1

[Randy.Dunlap]

On Fri, 28 Apr 2006 07:41:52 +1000 Grant Coady wrote:

> On Thu, 27 Apr 2006 12:19:30 -0700, Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> >I don't like dropping patches.  Because then the thing needs to be fixed up
> >and resent and remerged and re-reviewed and rejects need to re-fixed-up and
> >this adds emailing overhead and 12-24 hour turnaround, etc.  I very much
> >prefer to hang onto the patch and get it fixed up.  This means that I
> >usually have to do the fixing-up.
> 
> Perhaps dropping patches with obvious faults with some feedback 
> to submitter may reduce your workload ;)  And is slowing down the 
> merge a little in these cases such a bad thing if it improves 
> patch quality over time?

True dat.  That's what I would do.  :)
But I seem to need more sleep than Andrew does.

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~Randy
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