linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/7] drivers/usb/gadget: Remove double test

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Date:	Sat, 28 Aug 2010 11:19:39 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Brownell <david-b@...bell.net>
To:	Julia Lawall <julia@...u.dk>,
	Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de>
Cc:	Thomas Dahlmann <dahlmann.thomas@...or.de>,
	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
	David Brownell <dbrownell@...rs.sourceforge.net>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>,
	linux-geode@...ts.infradead.org, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/7] drivers/usb/gadget: Remove double test



--- On Sat, 8/28/10, Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de> wrote:

> There is only a drawback if the subject
> is too broad /and/ > if the Cc list is
> too short; 

Not entirely true.  Recall that one of the roles
of the patch summary is serving as a search key
for Google or whatever ... changing it decouples patches from their discussion,  complicating
later troubleshooting (probably not in this
case, but for some patches, very much so).

- Dave


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