On Thu, 27 Dec 2001, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Thu, 27 Dec 2001, Rik van Riel wrote:
> >
> > OK, I'll setup something to automatically send you patches
> > as long as they're not applied, don't get any reaction and
> > still apply cleanly.
>
> No.
>
> Did you read the part about "maintainership" at all?
Of course the patch will be updated when needed, but I still
have a few 6-month old patches lying around that still work
as expected and don't need any change.
I see absolutely no reason to not automate the resending of
these patches, once they need maintenance again I'll maintain
them.
> I ignore automatic emails, the same way I ignore spam. Automating
> patch-sending is _not_ maintainership.
Silently dropping bugfixes on the floor is not maintainership,
either.
regards,
Rik
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