From: Al Viro <viro@ftp.linux.org.uk>
To: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Cc: akpm@linux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
torvalds@linux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [1/2many] - FInd the maintainer(s) for a patch - scripts/get_maintainer.pl
Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2007 08:16:06 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20070813071606.GF21089@ftp.linux.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1186984174.10249.7.camel@localhost>
On Sun, Aug 12, 2007 at 10:49:34PM -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> I grew weary of looking up the appropriate
> maintainer email address(es) to CC: for a patch.
Does the acronym GAFL ring any bells? It's not that idea is worthless -
it sure as hell is a useful thing, but what the bleeding hell is that
splitup supposed to achieve?
Please, people, try to think for a minute. Patch series are good not
just because; there are rational reasons for that. None of those
applies here; if anything, you've made sure that this patchbomb will
be less reviewed.
Seriously, get a fucking life. This is way past ridiculous. It does not
make changes easier to test. It does not help bisect. It does not help
to make changes more self-contained. It does not reduce the odds of
conflict with pending patches. It does not simplify conflict resolution
when porting. It does not split the change into easier understood parts.
Hell, it doesn't even make it easier to revert broken parts.
Use the common sense, folks. Please.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-08-13 12:40 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 77+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-08-13 5:49 [PATCH] [1/2many] - FInd the maintainer(s) for a patch - scripts/get_maintainer.pl Joe Perches
2007-08-13 6:42 ` Michal Piotrowski
2007-08-13 7:16 ` Al Viro [this message]
2007-08-13 16:22 ` Sam Ravnborg
2007-08-13 17:40 ` Rene Herman
2007-08-13 15:43 ` Kok, Auke
2007-08-13 19:40 ` Richard Knutsson
2007-08-13 20:28 ` Kok, Auke
2007-08-13 20:43 ` Richard Knutsson
2007-08-13 17:09 ` Ray Lee
2007-08-13 18:11 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2007-08-13 21:04 ` Adrian Bunk
2007-08-13 17:33 ` Mariusz Kozlowski
2007-08-13 17:42 ` Arjan van de Ven
2007-08-13 18:07 ` Mariusz Kozlowski
2007-08-13 18:10 ` Rene Herman
2007-08-13 18:32 ` Satyam Sharma
2007-08-13 19:21 ` Jan Engelhardt
2007-08-13 19:53 ` Richard Knutsson
2007-08-13 20:05 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2007-08-13 18:41 ` Krzysztof Halasa
2007-08-13 19:02 ` Krzysztof Halasa
2007-08-13 20:16 ` Theodore Tso
2007-08-13 20:37 ` Trond Myklebust
2007-08-14 1:19 ` Arjan van de Ven
2007-08-14 1:48 ` John W. Linville
2007-08-14 1:51 ` Rene Herman
2007-08-14 2:04 ` Rene Herman
2007-08-14 9:20 ` Alan Cox
2007-08-14 13:47 ` Arjan van de Ven
2007-08-14 14:28 ` Adrian Bunk
2007-08-14 14:33 ` Arjan van de Ven
2007-08-14 15:53 ` Rene Herman
2007-08-14 17:00 ` Joe Perches
2007-08-14 18:03 ` Rene Herman
2007-08-14 18:28 ` Joe Perches
2007-08-14 18:33 ` Rene Herman
2007-08-14 18:40 ` Linus Torvalds
2007-08-14 18:54 ` Joe Perches
2007-08-14 19:33 ` Al Viro
2007-08-14 19:57 ` Joe Perches
2007-08-15 1:19 ` Rene Herman
2007-08-15 13:33 ` Satyam Sharma
2007-08-15 13:39 ` Rene Herman
2007-08-15 13:52 ` Kyle Moffett
2007-08-16 10:58 ` Rene Herman
2007-08-16 11:08 ` Rene Herman
2007-08-16 11:26 ` Salikh Zakirov
2007-08-16 11:57 ` Rene Herman
2007-08-16 15:40 ` Al Viro
2007-08-16 15:53 ` Rene Herman
2007-08-16 19:00 ` Junio C Hamano
2007-08-17 4:24 ` Rene Herman
2007-08-15 19:37 ` Krzysztof Halasa
2007-08-15 23:19 ` Al Viro
2007-08-15 1:35 ` Richard Knutsson
2007-08-15 9:29 ` Stefan Richter
2007-08-15 15:31 ` Ray Lee
2007-08-16 20:36 ` Joe Perches
2007-08-15 1:31 ` Junio C Hamano
2007-08-15 2:12 ` Joe Perches
2007-08-15 5:25 ` Junio C Hamano
2007-08-15 5:42 ` Rene Herman
2007-08-15 9:39 ` Stefan Richter
2007-08-15 11:44 ` Rene Herman
2007-08-15 17:26 ` Joe Perches
2007-08-17 2:13 ` Joe Perches
2007-08-17 2:30 ` Joe Perches
2007-08-17 17:54 ` [PATCH] - git-send-email.perl Joe Perches
2007-08-17 23:38 ` Junio C Hamano
2007-08-18 1:51 ` Joe Perches
2007-08-14 14:22 ` [PATCH] [1/2many] - FInd the maintainer(s) for a patch - scripts/get_maintainer.pl Adrian Bunk
2007-08-14 14:33 ` Arjan van de Ven
2007-08-14 14:45 ` John W. Linville
2007-08-14 2:15 ` Manu Abraham
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2007-08-13 6:09 Joe Perches
2007-08-13 16:24 ` Sam Ravnborg
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