From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Carlos Santos Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2017 20:09:11 -0300 (BRT) Subject: [Buildroot] [PATCH v6 1/2] e2fsprogs: refactor to fix conflicts with busybox and util-linux In-Reply-To: References: <3eeb7e24-fcc2-8d75-e0e8-141eeaceab70@mind.be> <1491824995-19670-1-git-send-email-casantos@datacom.ind.br> <2282fd1a-5a83-0b42-4417-3aedf252d28b@mind.be> <1676973985.18543033.1491929963459.JavaMail.zimbra@datacom.ind.br> Message-ID: <11759472.18619266.1491952151697.JavaMail.zimbra@datacom.ind.br> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: buildroot@busybox.net > From: "Arnout Vandecappelle" > To: "Carlos Santos" > Cc: buildroot at buildroot.org, "Maxime Hadjinlian" , "Thomas Petazzoni" > , "Yann E . MORIN" > Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2017 7:14:27 PM > Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 1/2] e2fsprogs: refactor to fix conflicts with busybox and util-linux > On 11-04-17 18:59, Carlos Santos wrote: ---8<--- >> I made a deep overhauling because the original recipe was so messy that >> small changes did not work. It is now reasonable to artificially split the >> change in seven patches now to end up with exactly the same result. It's >> harder to implement, test and review, considering all possible options I >> need to deal with: > > I agree that it's a little bit harder to implement, but not to test and review. > And it's pretty likely that you will not get the same result, because proper > review will be done, problems will be discovered, and you end up with a > different result :-) > > If you don't split this up, don't expect the patch to be applied for the next > year or so. The review burden is simply too high. I see. That's really sad. -- Carlos Santos (Casantos) - DATACOM, P&D ?The greatest triumph that modern PR can offer is the transcendent success of having your words and actions judged by your reputation, rather than the other way about.? ? Christopher Hitchens