From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1762792AbXGOQak (ORCPT ); Sun, 15 Jul 2007 12:30:40 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1756534AbXGOQac (ORCPT ); Sun, 15 Jul 2007 12:30:32 -0400 Received: from dns.hk.18mail.cn ([210.245.210.181]:45363 "EHLO hkm1.server.hk.18mail.cn" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752845AbXGOQac (ORCPT ); Sun, 15 Jul 2007 12:30:32 -0400 Message-ID: <469A4B9B.4040008@zh-kernel.org> Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2007 00:30:19 +0800 From: TripleX Chung User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.12 (X11/20070604) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jesper Juhl Cc: trivial@kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Ask for help, about the trivial patches. References: <4697C980.1040902@zh-kernel.org> <9a8748490707131354y37793f0ag2c01b2bdf968f8cc@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <9a8748490707131354y37793f0ag2c01b2bdf968f8cc@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Jesper Juhl wrote: > Note: my explanations below are based on how I understand these > things, but I'm not the trivial patch monkey nor did I help create > these guidelines, so I'm in no way authoritative on the subject. > > On 13/07/07, TripleX Chung wrote: >> I am working on the chinese translated version of >> Documentation/SubmittingPatches and get some problem about the "Trivial >> patches".I can not understand what "Trivial patches" exactly means.The >> documentation said: >> > > If you are unclear of the meaning of the word "trivial", then take a > look here for an explanation: http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/trivial > Thanks for your help. But I still have problems. Trivial means "of little worth or importance". But some of the examples in the rules are important, like "runtime fixes". Spell fixes must be unimportant, but most of the runtime fixes like memory leaks or NULL pointers must be important. I was still a little confused with them. -TripleX