From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: Anuradha Ratnaweera <anuradha@gnu.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Release Policy
Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2001 23:40:30 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3C03436E.5020705@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.2.20011126113409.00bfaa70@mail.osagesoftware.com> <Pine.LNX.4.21.0111261328450.13681-100000@freak.distro.conectiva> <3C02E682.4CDC6858@zip.com.au> <20011126.171301.50592818.davem@redhat.com> <9tuqf2$eri$1@cesium.transmeta.com> <20011127133902.A21914@bee.lk>
Anuradha Ratnaweera wrote:
>
> A minor issue...
>
> How does Marcelo (or Linus or Alan, say) know that the patch _really_ came from
> the subsystem aintainer himself? I mean anybody would have sent any crap, but
> not too bad enough to suspect. But if it came with a CC to a list, there is a
> much smaller chance of this happenning.
>
> Yes. This would be very rare and the effects would be very short lived. But
> still the _possibility_ exists.
>
How about sending a quick reply "got your patch, applied it?" The
maintainer can then say "WHAT PATCH?"
-hpa
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-11-27 7:41 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 42+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
[not found] <Pine.LNX.4.21.0111261003070.13400-100000@freak.distro.cone ctiva>
2001-11-26 16:38 ` Release Policy [was: Linux 2.4.16 ] David Relson
2001-11-26 15:33 ` Marcelo Tosatti
2001-11-26 17:14 ` David Relson
2001-11-26 21:15 ` Bill Davidsen
2001-11-26 17:22 ` Chris Meadors
2001-11-26 15:54 ` Marcelo Tosatti
2001-11-26 17:41 ` David Rees
2001-11-26 18:12 ` H. Peter Anvin
2001-11-26 18:29 ` David Weinehall
2001-11-26 18:31 ` H. Peter Anvin
2001-11-26 17:25 ` Marcelo Tosatti
2001-11-26 18:49 ` H. Peter Anvin
2001-11-26 19:00 ` François Cami
2001-11-26 19:06 ` Jonathan Lundell
2001-11-26 19:28 ` Flavio Stanchina
2001-11-26 19:43 ` Jonathan Lundell
2001-11-26 19:36 ` David Weinehall
2001-11-26 20:39 ` junio
2001-11-26 20:55 ` David Weinehall
2001-11-26 20:59 ` H. Peter Anvin
2001-11-26 21:18 ` Gregory Maxwell
2001-11-27 8:02 ` Svein Erik Brostigen
2001-11-27 8:28 ` Allan Sandfeld
2001-11-27 9:08 ` Svein Erik Brostigen
2001-11-27 10:07 ` Alex Bligh - linux-kernel
2001-11-27 14:43 ` Sven Vermeulen
2001-11-27 15:01 ` Ian Molton
2001-11-27 15:42 ` John Alvord
2001-11-27 16:03 ` Michel Angelo da Silva Pereira
2001-11-26 18:48 ` Bjoern A. Zeeb
2001-11-26 23:15 ` J.A. Magallon
2001-11-27 1:04 ` Andrew Morton
2001-11-27 1:13 ` Release Policy David S. Miller
2001-11-27 1:32 ` H. Peter Anvin
2001-11-27 7:39 ` Anuradha Ratnaweera
2001-11-27 7:40 ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2001-11-27 7:53 ` Anuradha Ratnaweera
2001-11-27 10:08 ` Harald Arnesen
2001-11-27 10:29 ` Keith Owens
2001-11-27 19:45 ` Mike Fedyk
2001-12-05 14:27 ` Jes Sorensen
[not found] <fa.c4d6r2v.j10a8j@ifi.uio.no>
[not found] ` <fa.h6dlovv.r28grf@ifi.uio.no>
2001-11-27 10:25 ` Giacomo Catenazzi
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