linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] FRV: Move to arch/frv/include/asm/

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Date:	Thu, 9 Apr 2009 19:39:09 +0100
From:	Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	sam@...nborg.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] FRV: Move to arch/frv/include/asm/

On Thu, Apr 09, 2009 at 11:26:49AM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:

> I think a lot of SCM's parse diffs internally, so people are still going 
> to have to live with legacy patches.

Frankly, once distributed patch(1) understands those, it becomes a problem
of other SCMs.  And yes, I realize that they might want to do their
internal magic for tracking renames.  Tough - even without that they wouldn't
be worse off than if they got a full "delete this file, create that file"
kind of patch.
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