linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V3 2/4] cpufreq: governor: Implement per policy instances of governors

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Date:	Fri, 22 Mar 2013 17:21:19 +0530
From:	Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>
To:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>
Cc:	cpufreq@...r.kernel.org, linux-pm@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linaro-kernel@...ts.linaro.org,
	robin.randhawa@....com, Steve.Bannister@....com,
	Liviu.Dudau@....com, charles.garcia-tobin@....com
Subject: Re: [PATCH V3 2/4] cpufreq: governor: Implement per policy instances
 of governors

On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 5:25 PM, Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@...k.pl> wrote:
> On Friday, March 22, 2013 07:50:54 AM Viresh Kumar wrote:

>> Hmm... I always thought fixups are way easy to review (and i still
>> believe that's
>> true) as they just contain what got changed and so people don't have to review
>> whole patch again.
>
> They won't have to if you write in the preamble what the differences from
> previous versions are.

You didn't get me.. How will the reviewer check if author has done what he
is saying in preamble and he hasn't broken anything new?

>> BUT people who are looking for complete patches to apply
>> would be annoyed by this and hence i always show them path of my repo
>> where they can find it.
>
> The problem with this approach is that the complete patches never make it to
> the mailing lists and people have problems with connecting commits to
> previously posted patches.
>
> Moreover, it is *much* more convenient to me to take patches from kernel.org
> patchwork than from your repos, with all due respect.

I understand.. I push them to repo only when they are broken, otherwise not.
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