Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 9 Jan 2008 01:15:55 +0100 | From | Ingo Molnar <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 3/5] x86: coding style fixes in arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c |
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* Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org> wrote:
> > > > Firstly, anyone with a forked kernel with outstanding patches > > > > that are not in x86.git only has themselves to blame. We want to > > > > actively discourage forking and sitting on patches too long. > > > > > > Curious - what is the purpose of the x86.git tree these days? > > > > what do want to imply by 'these days'? > > I wondered when you wrote "anyone with a forked kernel with > outstanding patches that are not in x86.git" if this was only x86 > specific patches or more than that. I could have a slev of patches in > the works for parts that are no x86 specific (which I unfortunately do > not have).
ah, i now understand what you mean. The stuff in -mm that touches arch/x86 is for actively maintained areas which are generally quite clean.
So this is not a problem in practice - massively unclean areas of code, which are the primary target for cleanups, are not actively developed. [ perhaps because there's some level of correlation between unclean code and lack of developer interest :-/ ]
Ingo
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