linux-kernel - Re: Fix quilt merge error in acpi-cpufreq.c

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Date:	Wed, 15 Apr 2009 13:32:55 -0700
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	hpa@...or.com, mingo@...e.hu, tglx@...utronix.de,
	rusty@...tcorp.com.au, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	davej@...hat.com
Subject: Re: Fix quilt merge error in acpi-cpufreq.c

On Wed, 15 Apr 2009 12:43:02 -0700 (PDT)
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:

> 
> 
> On Wed, 15 Apr 2009, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> > 
> > "cleanup" is indeed the most common, as it is intended to signify a
> > trivial but nonzero code change.  Whether or not it's *correct* is
> > another matter.  "build fix" is valid and proper use: it tells that it
> > fixes a compilation error, which succinctly communicates both the
> > priority of the fix and how it needs to be validated.
> 
> Why would that be "proper use"?
> 
> Dammit, if the "build fix" is not obvious from the rest of the commit 
> message, there's something wrong.
> 
> And if it _is_ obvious, then the mechanical "Impact:" thing is pointless.
> 
> In other words - in neither case does it actually help anything at all. 
> It's only distracting noise.
> 

I'm getting quite a few Impact:s now and I must say that the Impact:
line is always duplicative of the Subject:.  Except in a few cases, and
that's because the Subject: sucked.

But I leave the Impact: lines in there because I'm nice.
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