Yes.
- the bug is purely aesthetic
- the bug only happens on 68k and sparc, ie <1% fo the installed base
Finally, even if the above isn't true, I often reject bug-fixes.
Bug-fixes are _often_ worse than the bug they fix, even with serious bugs.
Because a lot of bug-fixes are "band-aid" - not fixing the bug properly.
And band-aid is BAD. It's worse than even a crashing machine. Because
band-aid never goes away, and nobody cleans it up.
I prefer to have a known bug that will eventually get fixed than an ugly
solution that will hide it forever.
Geert, go away. You don't seem to understand what being a maintainer
means. It means saying no to crap.
Linus
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