From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753196AbXDEQcA (ORCPT ); Thu, 5 Apr 2007 12:32:00 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753195AbXDEQcA (ORCPT ); Thu, 5 Apr 2007 12:32:00 -0400 Received: from sj-iport-2-in.cisco.com ([171.71.176.71]:2663 "EHLO sj-iport-2.cisco.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753196AbXDEQb7 (ORCPT ); Thu, 5 Apr 2007 12:31:59 -0400 To: Tony Lindgren Cc: Alan Cox , Randy Dunlap , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/90] Post 2.6.21 OMAP update X-Message-Flag: Warning: May contain useful information 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> From: Roland Dreier Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2007 09:31:57 -0700 In-Reply-To: <20070405132144.GC24297@atomide.com> (Tony Lindgren's message of "Thu, 5 Apr 2007 09:21:48 -0400") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.1007 (Gnus v5.10.7) XEmacs/21.4.19 (linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-OriginalArrivalTime: 05 Apr 2007 16:31:57.0902 (UTC) FILETIME=[EDF39EE0:01C7779F] Authentication-Results: sj-dkim-2; header.From=rdreier@cisco.com; dkim=pass ( sig from cisco.com/sjdkim2002 verified; ); Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > > 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). - R.