[Buildroot] commiting patches

[Peter Korsgaard <jacmet@uclibc.org>]

>>>>> "Thomas" == Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com> writes:

 Thomas> Hello,
 Thomas> As this is my first message to the list in 2011: happy new year
 Thomas> everybody. Best wishes for 2011, and let's have some good BR
 Thomas> development during this year :-)

Yeah!

 >> I mainly try to handle the patches in fifo mode, but I do also skim
 >> new mails. This is both because sometimes updates are sent, and
 >> sometimes I see trivial patches that can be handled when I have 5
 >> min spare or important bugfixes.

 Thomas> I think there is also one criteria that has an impact of the
 Thomas> time it takes for a patch to be applied: what the patch
 Thomas> does. If the patch is a relatively simple fix to a package, a
 Thomas> new package, or something that doesn't have any major impact of
 Thomas> Buildroot's infrastructure, or Buildroot usage, then this patch
 Thomas> is likely to be handled/merged sooner than something that has
 Thomas> broader impact.

Indeed, that's what I meant when I wrote about trivial patches.

-- 
Bye, Peter Korsgaard