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

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Message-Id: <20080426.173129.232382024.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Sat, 26 Apr 2008 17:31:29 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org
Cc:	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

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_.

Anyone who rebases frequently, like I used to, is an idiot, like
me. :-)

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