Re: [git pull] drm for 4.3

From: Linus Torvalds
Date: Tue Sep 08 2015 - 14:20:01 EST


On Mon, Sep 7, 2015 at 9:56 PM, Dave Airlie <airlied@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> i.e. 59 commits in a 5000 commit tree is likely not that bad, 59
> commits in a 20 commit tree would be bad.

I think it's about size of the commits. If it's 59 clean oneliner
fixes, I don't think it's a big deal. If it's 59 patches that add new
functionality, that's a different issue. The size of the base tree is
almost entirely irrelevant in that situation. Fixes are ok, new
features are not.

Linus
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