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Message-ID: <20080514145526.GB6569@ucw.cz>
Date: Wed, 14 May 2008 16:55:26 +0200
From: Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, rjw@...k.pl,
davem@...emloft.net, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
jirislaby@...il.com
Subject: Re: Slow DOWN, please!!!
Hi!
> > I am saying that it was merged too early, and that there are points that
> > should have been addressed before the driver got merged.
> >
> > Get it submitted for review to linux-kernel.
> > Give the maintainers some time to incorporate all comments.
> > Even one month later it could still have made it into 2.6.25.
> >
> > The only problem with my suggestion is that it's currently pretty random
> > whether someone takes the time to review such a driver on linux-kernel.
>
> Now, I do agree that we could/should have some more process in general. I
> really _would_ like to have a process in place that basically says:
>
> - everything must have gone through lkml at least once
What about 'must go through lkml at least once *outside the merge
window*'. Or is it just me?
During the merge window, I'm totally overloaded by all those patches
going in and related lkml traffic...
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