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Subject: Re: [PATCH] jffs2 whitespace
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J=F6rn Engel wrote:
> I'm not sure about this.  Apart from the binary operator cases, your
> changes are definitely a slight improvement.  But the patch is also
> peeing on every lantern pole in the county:
>  61 files changed, 1677 insertions(+), 1713 deletions(-)
>=20
> How can I trust you that you didn't introduce a security problem on
> line 6789 of your 9485 line patch, by intention or not.  I'd have to
> read it all, which is quite boring.
>=20
> And if all goes well, pretty much every single patch maintained
> outside of cvs would break after merging this.  There must be a
> collision _somewhere_, after all.
>=20
> So I guess the short answer is "no".
>=20
> My usual approach to whitespace cleanup, btw., is as a first step
> before I change some code anyway.  Even whitespace patches should get
> tested and since I need some testing anyway and they help me read and
> change the code, the cleanup is gaining me more than it costs.

Well, I looked through the patch and have not found anything really bad. =

Some changes are neutral, but as for me the patch is OK. And why should=20
we care about external patches? Let people work them out and regenerate. =
:-)

--=20
Best Regards,
Artem B. Bityuckiy,
St.-Petersburg, Russia.