Re: [PATCH v3 0/2] workflow, scripts: sort changes.rst and ver_linux

[Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>]

Manuel Ebner <manuelebner@airmail.cc> writes:

> It is a pain in the ass to compare the software versions on the running
> system (scripts/ver_linux) with the minimal required versions (changes.rst).
> Sorting both lists the same way makes side-by-side comparisons a simple task.
>
>  [v2] -> [v3]:
> fix changelog
> changes.rst:
>  needn't -> do not need to
>  add gdb 7.2
> ver_linux:
>  /Changes.rst -> /changes.rst
>  add gdb

Please explain to me:

- Why I am getting multiple copies of the same patches

- Why I'm getting the same series from a completely different identity;
  the first set came from "Hans Anda"

- Why my request to separate out the logically different changes were
  ignored.

Thanks,

jon