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SubjectRe: [git patches] net driver fixes
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On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 11:39:34AM +0300, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 03:11:25PM -0700, David Miller wrote:
> > From: tsbogend@alpha.franken.de (Thomas Bogendoerfer)
> > Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2008 23:53:08 +0200
> >
> > > On Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 02:14:42PM -0700, David Miller wrote:
> > > > Most of those changes were complete and utter CRAP.
> > >
> > > thank you, but the fix I've sent (de2104x) isn't crap. The bug breaks the
> > > current debian-installer for Cobalt Qube1, when it tries to get an
> > > IP address via dhcp.
> >
> > And why is this bug that has been there for YEARS is appropriate
> > to fix outside of the merge window?
> >...
>
> Such a fix is even suitable for -stable.

that was my feeling as well, but if David wants to see it in the next
merge window, it's his decision. It's not a important fix as the user
base is obviuosly pretty small. And I didn't know about that bug, when
the merge windows was open, so I couldn't fix it "in time".

Thomas.

--
Crap can work. Given enough thrust pigs will fly, but it's not necessary a
good idea. [ RFC1925, 2.3 ]


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