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From: Pete Zaitcev <zaitcev@redhat.com>
To: Val Henson <val@nmt.edu>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Those ruddy punctuation fixes
Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2003 22:07:16 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200303070307.h2737GU10861@devserv.devel.redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <mailman.1047000901.5238.linux-kernel2news@redhat.com>

> I'd rather solve this problem by making standalone spelling fixes and
> other cosmetic changes taboo.  Cosmetic changes combined with actual
> useful code changes are fine with me.  If you're risking breaking the
> build, there should be some benefit that justifies the risk.

I generally reject combined patches which clean up and
change functions in places I maintain. The cleanup garbage
makes reviewing harder.

-- Pete

  parent reply	other threads:[~2003-03-07  2:56 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-03-05 11:10 Those ruddy punctuation fixes Russell King
2003-03-05 11:22 ` John Bradford
2003-03-05 14:18   ` Mike Dresser
2003-03-06  1:50   ` jw schultz
2003-03-06  9:58     ` Russell King
2003-03-06 10:46     ` John Bradford
2003-03-05 12:20 ` Dave Jones
2003-03-05 11:37   ` good info on memory management Prasad Kamath
2003-03-05 12:03     ` Terje Eggestad
2003-03-06  8:16       ` Ranjeet Shetye
2003-03-06  3:11   ` Those ruddy punctuation fixes Steven Cole
2003-03-07  1:04     ` Val Henson
2003-03-07  2:44       ` Steven Cole
2003-03-07  3:33         ` Martin J. Bligh
2003-03-07  4:02           ` Steven Cole
2003-03-07  5:11             ` Martin J. Bligh
2003-03-07 17:04             ` Hans Reiser
     [not found]     ` <mailman.1047000901.5238.linux-kernel2news@redhat.com>
2003-03-07  3:07       ` Pete Zaitcev [this message]
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2003-03-07  7:16 Dan Kegel
2003-03-07 17:17 ` Benjamin LaHaise
2003-03-07 18:00   ` Dan Kegel
2003-03-07 23:15   ` Alan Cox
2003-03-08  0:52     ` Dave Jones
2003-03-08  0:04       ` Randy.Dunlap
2003-03-08  0:29       ` Werner Almesberger
2003-03-08  1:09         ` Dan Kegel
2003-03-08  2:18           ` Werner Almesberger
2003-03-08  1:08       ` Alan Cox

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