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From: SF Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net>
Subject: Re: ISDN-Gigaset: Release memory in gigaset_initcs() after an
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> This patch creates new bugs.

Thanks for your information.


> I have a policy of not telling Markus where the bug is,

I find this kind of response strange.


> because otherwise he'll just resend the patch

This can also happen when the other contributors request it.


> and I have told him many times to stop sending these cleanup patches

Software "cleanups" seem to stress the review process to some degree.


> that just introduce bugs and waste maintainer time.

I guess that the situation is mixed depending on the subsystem
or concrete software module, isn't it?

Regards,
Markus