Not true, you want to address the major issues first. What's the pointI'm not sure why your fixated on whitespace , but thinking about it more
of fixing whitespace if the whole approach is rejected? if it has to
undergo a rewrite? (not an opinion on EDF btw, just as an example)
I don't think it matters .. If you fix whitespace or major issues first,
it doesn't matter .. All the issues have to eventually get fixed .. Not
to mentioned that LKML is not something you could remotely control in
that way.
What do you mean?In this case the author is not totally aware of how to submit thisGive people some credit.
code.. I don't think it's at all inappropriate to comment on that. His
next submission will likely be much cleaner and nicer. It may even speed
up the inclusion process since he'll be more easily able to submit the
code (with practice and comments from us).