From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1767143AbXDESEL (ORCPT ); Thu, 5 Apr 2007 14:04:11 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1767191AbXDESEK (ORCPT ); Thu, 5 Apr 2007 14:04:10 -0400 Received: from nlpi015.sbcis.sbc.com ([207.115.36.44]:28519 "EHLO nlpi015.sbcis.sbc.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1767192AbXDESEI (ORCPT ); Thu, 5 Apr 2007 14:04:08 -0400 X-ORBL: [67.117.73.34] Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2007 14:03:36 -0400 From: Tony Lindgren To: Roland Dreier Cc: Alan Cox , Randy Dunlap , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/90] Post 2.6.21 OMAP update Message-ID: <20070405180334.GW24297@atomide.com> References: <11757088774110-git-send-email-tony@atomide.com> <20070404182728.GK29129@atomide.com> <20070404113925.da221efc.randy.dunlap@oracle.com> <20070404184455.GL29129@atomide.com> <20070404224448.0ff60ed2@the-village.bc.nu> <20070405132144.GC24297@atomide.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org * Roland Dreier [070405 12:32]: > > > It would be enormously helpful if instead we got say 15 small patch sets > > > which are independant so that a query or NAK means 14 sets get applied > > > this time around not zero. > > > > I was thinking about merging the patches together more, but the end result > > would not be very readable, and we would lose the original author info. > > > > Also trying to do this 15 small patches at time would make it hard > > to have it all integrated within the two week merge window. > > I think you misunderstood the suggestion. The idea is that you leave > the patches basically as-is (modulo any small tweaks required by > reordering), but rather than one 90-patch series, you divide the > patches up into independent subsets. Maybe something like > > - basic OMAP fixes for bugs in core support > - Palm platform stuff > - ...other platform stuff > - new features > > etc. then it's easier for people to review the stuff they're > interested in, and it's easier for at least some of the subsets to get > applied (which reduces your backlog). Hmm, yeah I'll see if I could group them a bit. The problem there is that the patch series contains multiple rounds of "add and fix" cycles. Pretty much all the non-dependant fixes have already been applied, BTW. Tony