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

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Message-ID: <43197.1239887097@turing-police.cc.vt.edu>
Date:	Thu, 16 Apr 2009 09:04:57 -0400
From:	Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, hpa@...or.com, mingo@...e.hu,
	tglx@...utronix.de, rusty@...tcorp.com.au,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	davej@...hat.com
Subject: Re: Fix quilt merge error in acpi-cpufreq.c

On Wed, 15 Apr 2009 14:23:26 PDT, David Miller said:
> From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
> Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2009 12:43:02 -0700 (PDT)
> 
> > 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.
> 
> FWIW I find the Impact: blurbs highly annoying too.  Just freakin'
> say what the damn patch does in the commit message.
> 
> If a person can't be bothered to skim the commit message text,
> this Impact: tag only gives them a false sense of understanding
> what the change does.

Maybe we can use it to flag security fixes, to appease the people complaining
they can't find the security fixes without reading the commit message text. ;)


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