linux-kernel - Re: If you want me to quit I will quit

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Message-ID: <20080427025800.GD24710@havoc.gtf.org>
Date:	Sat, 26 Apr 2008 22:58:00 -0400
From:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, bunk@...nel.org,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, harvey.harrison@...il.com,
	mchehab@...radead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: If you want me to quit I will quit

On Sat, Apr 26, 2008 at 05:31:29PM -0700, David Miller wrote:
> From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
> Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2008 10:31:36 -0700 (PDT)
> 
> > And once you've publicized them, you don't know who has that tree, so just 
> > from a sanity and debugging standpoint, you should try to avoid mucking 
> > with already-public versions. If you made a mistake, add a patch on top to 
> > fix it (and announce the new state), but generally try to not "hide" the 
> > fact that the state has changed.
> 
> I didn't rebase at all this past cycle for networking, and it
> helped the people downstream from me _A LOT_.

The Downstream Collective thanks you!  ;-)

	Jeff



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