From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: riel@surriel.com (Rik van Riel)
Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2015 17:03:58 -0400
Subject: What can I do if I sent a wrong patch?
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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.


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