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Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2007 10:06:13 +0800 From: "Wu, Bryan" <bryan.wu@...log.com> To: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com> Cc: bryan.wu@...log.com, Mike Frysinger <vapier.adi@...il.com>, Paul Mundt <lethal@...ux-sh.org>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH -mm] Blackfin arch: add kdebug header file On Tue, 2007-03-27 at 08:34 -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote: > On Tue, 27 Mar 2007 13:40:45 +0800 Wu, Bryan wrote: > > > On Mon, 2007-03-26 at 22:27 -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote: > > > On Tue, 27 Mar 2007 01:17:06 -0400 Mike Frysinger wrote: > > > > > > > On 3/27/07, Paul Mundt <lethal@...ux-sh.org> wrote: > > > > > On Tue, Mar 27, 2007 at 12:34:25AM -0400, Mike Frysinger wrote: > > > > > > On 3/26/07, Paul Mundt <lethal@...ux-sh.org> wrote: > > > > > > >You should really consider the latter for getting updates merged in the > > > > > > >future > > > > > > > > > > > > we're planning for this, but the short term it isnt doable for us > > > > > > > > > > If you think mangling patches by hand is a more effective use of time, no > > > > > one is stopping you -- some people even prefer that. On the other hand, if > > > > > you're struggling with an effective methodology before things are merged, > > > > > what reason is there to suspect that things will get better afterwards? > > > > > > > > we have a lot of infrastructure that the SCM is part of and at the > > > > moment, git is not a supported SCM > > > > > > > > i'm not saying the current system is easy, just that we cant integrate > > > > git in the short term, so we'll continue spanking Bryan with the > > > > overhead :/ > > > > > > In that case, Bryan may like to know that git, mercurial (IIRC), > > > and quilt have patchbomb tools. Also GregKH has one somewhere (he > > > can tell you where). And Paul Jacksone has one at > > > http://www.speakeasy.org/~pj99/sgi/sendpatchset > > > > > > > Thanks for this guide line information. I will dig into it. > > > > But in my experience, it is difficult to find right patch email > > receivers, even in the MAINTAINERS file. If there are 20 patch emails, > > we should find 20 email receivers at least and manually add them to the > > emails. This is terrible, right? Any idea? > > Yes, well, we all have the honor of going thru that. There have > been a few suggestions, but I haven't seen any that were Real Good IMO. > > You'll learn (quickly) where most patches go (i.e., subsystems and > their major maintainers/contributors). Just put those people into > your email client address book and into the patch descriptions, like > Sam said, so that the patchbomb tools can help you out with them. > Thanks a lot, I will try on my side. And one more question: What is patchbomb tools, you mean git, quilt or other kernel patch management tool? I am using quilt and try to use git to manage patches. Is there a tool just named patchbomb? Best Regards, -Bryan - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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