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From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
To: Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl
Cc: akpm@digeo.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, torvalds@osdl.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] cryptoloop
Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2003 17:23:58 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20030703172358.B10499@infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <UTC200307022100.h62L06a22118.aeb@smtp.cwi.nl>; from Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl on Wed, Jul 02, 2003 at 11:00:06PM +0200

On Wed, Jul 02, 2003 at 11:00:06PM +0200, Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl wrote:
> No, the point of such a series is that each patch does something
> clearly defined, is an improvement even when the author dies the
> next day so that all further work is lost.

*nod*

> You should never accept a patch that makes things worse and is only
> justified by a future one.

well, I almost agree.  If the other patch is posted at the same time
or the regression is for less important code (say a legacy driver)
this can be ok.

>     So for everyone except the guy who's writing the code it is best to have
>     all the work in place and reviewable at the same time.
> 
> No. Some changes are too large for that.

right, there's changes that are too large.  But it really helps a lot
to send a series of patches to give a broader view.


  parent reply	other threads:[~2003-07-03 16:13 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 38+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-07-02 21:00 [PATCH] cryptoloop Andries.Brouwer
2003-07-02 21:06 ` Greg KH
2003-07-02 21:31 ` Andrew Morton
2003-07-03 16:23 ` Christoph Hellwig [this message]
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2003-07-04 13:21 Andries.Brouwer
2003-07-04 13:28 ` Christoph Hellwig
2003-07-04 11:08 Andries.Brouwer
2003-07-04 12:13 ` Christoph Hellwig
2003-07-03 16:25 Andries.Brouwer
2003-07-03 16:31 ` Christoph Hellwig
2003-07-02 22:57 Andries.Brouwer
2003-07-02 22:27 Andries.Brouwer
2003-07-02 19:42 Andries.Brouwer
2003-07-02 19:58 ` Andrew Morton
2003-07-02 18:44 Andries.Brouwer
2003-07-02 19:02 ` Andrew Morton
2003-07-02 19:16   ` Linus Torvalds
2003-07-02 19:20     ` Andrew Morton
2003-07-02 19:31       ` Linus Torvalds
2003-07-03 11:21 ` Jari Ruusu
2003-07-03 15:20   ` Andrew Morton
2003-07-03 17:29     ` Jari Ruusu
2003-07-03 17:38       ` Chris Friesen
2003-07-04  7:43         ` Jari Ruusu
2003-07-04  8:44           ` Andrew Morton
2003-07-04  9:41           ` Christoph Hellwig
2003-07-05  8:41             ` Jari Ruusu
2003-07-05  8:58               ` Andrew Morton
2003-07-05  9:00                 ` Andre Hedrick
2003-07-05  9:10               ` Andre Hedrick
2003-07-05 17:16               ` James Morris
2003-07-05 17:20               ` Linus Torvalds
2003-07-08 12:43               ` Christoph Hellwig
2003-07-04  9:39       ` Christoph Hellwig
2003-07-03 16:20 ` Christoph Hellwig
2003-07-02 15:21 Andries.Brouwer
2003-07-02 17:16 ` Andrew Morton
2003-07-03 15:44 ` Christoph Hellwig

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