Re: mfd: Patch management?

From: SF Markus Elfring
Date: Tue Jan 23 2018 - 11:50:11 EST


> What I should do really is ask you to take all similar (remove error
> message, don't use sizeof(struct X), remove '== NULL') changes and
> squash them into single patches.

I would try such an approach more often if I would get also more
promising indications of corresponding change acceptance besides
other software development âsurprisesâ.


> However, I realise that you might want the "upstream creds",
> so I won't do that

I find this view interesting somehow.


> -- but not at the expense of my time/effort.
>
> The two choices are to squash or to create a set.

This information triggers recurring difficulties around differences
in the preferred patch granularity.

Regards,
Markus