Re: Trying to find a TuxOnIce merging plan that works.

From: Rafael J. Wysocki
Date: Tue Dec 21 2010 - 16:42:29 EST


On Tuesday, December 21, 2010, Nigel Cunningham wrote:
> Hi Rafael.

Hi,

> As you may recall, I started working on a bunch of patches about six
> months ago that have been very slow to get merged (yes, mostly my fault
> for perhaps being overly careful about testing). Unfortunately, in the
> process, you've merged other patches (the compression ones) that mean I
> have to rewrite what I'd already done.
>
> To avoid this happening again, I'm proposing that I only work on one
> patch (or very small series of patches) at a time, and not start on the
> next one until you've merged the previous into your for-Linus tree. I'll
> keep an overall plan of where I intend to go, but take things very
> slowly so I don't waste time like that again.
>
> The downside is that means I won't always be able to show demonstrably
> improvements immediately, but I guess we'll just have to cope with that
> situation. I guess I can mitigate this downside by explaining where I'm
> going, even if I can't provide numbers to prove it will be a real
> improvement.
>
> Does this sound feasible to you?

Yes, sounds reasonable.

Thanks,
Rafael
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