Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 4 Jun 2020 12:33:53 +0200 (CEST) | From | Julia Lawall <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] pinctrl: pxa: pxa2xx: Remove 'pxa2xx_pinctrl_exit()' which is unused and broken |
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On Thu, 4 Jun 2020, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Thu, 2020-06-04 at 11:52 +0200, Julia Lawall wrote: > > Should Fixes also be used when the change will make it hard to port other > > fixes over it? > > If it's a logic defect or regression that's being fixed, > shouldn't the logic defect or regression be fixed as > reasonably soon as possible?
Sure, but I recall seeing some patches that mentioned that the problem had existed since the beginning of git. Of course, it should be rare.
> > The nature of the fix should ideally be optimal for > backporting, but I believe that should not stop any > consideration for the standalone fix itself.
I'm not sure to follow this. Sometimes non-bug fixes that block backporting a bug fix have to be backported as well. So the fixes would again highlight the range of versions affected by the issue.
julia
> What do you think? > >
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