From: riel@surriel.com (Rik van Riel)
To: kernelnewbies@lists.kernelnewbies.org
Subject: What can I do if I sent a wrong patch?
Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2015 17:03:58 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <55AC10BE.5000304@surriel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LFD.2.20.1507190544150.26267@localhost>
On 07/19/2015 05:46 AM, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> On Sun, 19 Jul 2015, Navy wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>
>> A mistake was found after I sent the patch to mentors. What Can I do
>> to make up the fault?
>
> first, if they're truly mentors, they should check the patch
> themselves and catch the error. otherwise, they're not really doing
> their job as "mentors."
>
> second, you need to self-examine what you failed to do properly to
> have sent in a bad patch.
third, send out a follow-up email informing people that you found a
mistake with your patch.
People appreciate developers who take responsibility for their code,
and work to fix it up after the fact.
--
All rights reversed.
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Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-07-19 9:40 What can I do if I sent a wrong patch? Navy
2015-07-19 9:46 ` Robert P. J. Day
2015-07-19 21:03 ` Rik van Riel [this message]
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