Re: Fix quilt merge error in acpi-cpufreq.c

David Miller
2009-04-15T21:23:44Z

From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2009 12:43:02 -0700 (PDT)

> And if it _is_ obvious, then the mechanical "Impact:" thing is pointless.
>
> In other words - in neither case does it actually help anything at all.
> It's only distracting noise.

FWIW I find the Impact: blurbs highly annoying too. Just freakin'
say what the damn patch does in the commit message.

If a person can't be bothered to skim the commit message text,
this Impact: tag only gives them a false sense of understanding
what the change does.