linux-kernel - Re: [RFC] to rebase or not to rebase on linux-next

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Date:	Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:18:54 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	rostedt@...dmis.org
Cc:	sam@...nborg.org, mingo@...e.hu, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	nico@...xnic.net, tony.luck@...el.com, sfr@...b.auug.org.au,
	mcgrof@...il.com, jeff@...zik.org, robert.richter@....com,
	dmitry.torokhov@...il.com, khali@...ux-fr.org,
	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [RFC] to rebase or not to rebase on linux-next

From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2009 23:02:38 -0400

> Whether I'm sending a patch to Ingo, Linus, Andrew, or even you, I would
> do it publicly and have a git repo to pull from for simplicity.

Sure, but just don't do it with a GIT repo that's going to
make it's way to Linus.

When you commit to any such GIT repo, you're making a permanent
irrevocable change whose history cannot be changed.

And given what you get in return for that, it's a pretty reasonable
constraint.
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