Re: rfc: trivial patches and slow deaths?

Joe Perches
2013-08-19T21:27:17Z

On Mon, 2013-08-19 at 23:22 +0200, Jiri Kosina wrote:
> On Mon, 19 Aug 2013, Joe Perches wrote:
>
> > This is a 7 line patch that corrects logging defects that has had no
> > reply from you for the last month.
> >
> > https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/2833648/
>
> This hasn't missed any Linus' major release, as it has been submitted post
> 3.11 merge, right? (hint, that was Jul 4th).
>
> If this would miss *next* major Linus' release, I would accept your
> complaints. But this is definitely not the case.

You're suggesting this patch, which corrects obvious
defects, should miss 3.12 and go into 3.13?

I think that's wrong.

I think it should be in -next now. It's not.

What should any patch submitter expect about
visibility and/or knowledge of the applicability
of this sort of patch from trivial?