Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 16 Sep 2008 11:18:08 +0200 | Subject | Re: [git patches] net driver fixes | From | (Thomas Bogendoerfer) |
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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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