Re: [PATCH][RFC] exception processing in early boot

[Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>]

> Unfortunately, this situation is even more difficult for me, because it's
> getting very hard to track patches that get applied, rejected, modified or
> obsoleted, which is even more true when people don't always think about
> sending an ACK after the patch finally gets in. I already have a few pending
> patches in my queue waiting for an ACK that will have to be tracked if the
> persons do not respond, say, within one week. Otherwise I might simply lose
> them.

It shouldn't be that hard to check gitweb or git output occasionally
for the patches. You can probably even automate that.
 
> I think that the good method would be to :
>   - announce the patch
>   - find a volunteer to port it
>   - apply it once the volunteer agrees to handle it
> This way, no code gets lost because there's always someone to track it.

I can put that one into my tree for .19

-Andi