Re: [PATCH 00/14] Add common OF device tree support for MDIO busses

David Miller
2009-03-31T22:22:51Z

Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 16:19:42 -0600

> On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 3:57 PM, David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> wrote:
> > It therefore didn't get any -next exposure, so it's unreasonable to
> > merge this stuff now.
>
> Since when has sitting in a -next tree been a requirement for merging
> when the series has been kept up to date and tested? I purposefully
> kept it out of -next to ensure that when it was applied for real to a
> -next tree it would be as complete, bug free, and bisectable as
> possible since once it hits a signed-off -next branch the individual
> commit cannot be modified.

I know your pissed off, but take a deep breath and consider this
from my position.

If I don't put a line in the sand somewhere, everyone can say
"I've been working so hard, I posted it to the lists a thousand
times, I have tons of testers" and I have to put the change in.

That doesn't work, so please wait until the next release to get
your changes in. And get them into a tree that gets exposure
in linux-next. Then you have nothing to worry about.

Thank you.