From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Andy Stewart Subject: Re: enable-reads-on-plextor-712-sa-on-26115.patch added to -mm tree Date: Mon, 23 May 2005 20:44:39 -0400 Message-ID: <429278F7.70008@comcast.net> References: <200505232245.j4NMjtk4024089@shell0.pdx.osdl.net> <4292628E.4090209@pobox.com> <4292743C.4040409@comcast.net> <20050523173420.22281325.akpm@osdl.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from rwcrmhc14.comcast.net ([216.148.227.89]:3999 "EHLO rwcrmhc14.comcast.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261267AbVEXAol (ORCPT ); Mon, 23 May 2005 20:44:41 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20050523173420.22281325.akpm@osdl.org> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Andrew Morton Cc: jgarzik@pobox.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-ide@vger.kernel.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 HI Andrew, Andrew Morton wrote: > Andy Stewart wrote: >>>Good show. >>Aw, come on, Jeff. I gave it a shot, > > You did, and that's very much appreciated, thanks. Thank you for the encouraging words. :-) > >>If you believe this patch is >>inappropriate, then please ask Andrew Morton to remove it > > I already have removed it, but only because it appears that the patch might > cause regressions in other areas. I agree that my patch should be removed if it is breaking other things. Thanks for taking it out. > > Basically it goes like this: > > - Someone sends a patch > > - Patch gets ignored. > > - I merge it, without even looking at the thing. > > I do this as a reminder to myself and to other developers that there is > some kernel bug or shortcoming. Basically, it's a bug-tracking system. > Periodically I'll spam the maintainer with the patch and eventually he'll > tell me to drop the thing because the problem is fixed, or he'll tell the > originator why the patch will never be merged. > > Either way, the patch (and the problem which caused you to write the patch) > gets some sort of definite dispositive handling, rather than falling > through a crack. Thank you for the explaination, and for the feedback to let me know that the patch didn't fall through the cracks. Andy - -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA, USA http://www.wlug.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFCknj3Hl0iXDssISsRApp1AJ97vyP5CGavkNmP0TIHL4yvVga6nwCdFL1+ wYN6ergAnBeboO0OQK9/NBo= =RwPj -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----