linux-kernel - Re: [git pull] drm for 4.3

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Message-ID: <CA+55aFyM6GsoS3BGVNYtm-C6ixkHvMqQXe8f-4h7gLDXxgV5-A@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Tue, 8 Sep 2015 11:19:47 -0700
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Dave Airlie <airlied@...il.com>
Cc:	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	DRI mailing list <dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org>
Subject: Re: [git pull] drm for 4.3

On Mon, Sep 7, 2015 at 9:56 PM, Dave Airlie <airlied@...il.com> wrote:
>
> i.e. 59 commits in a 5000 commit tree is likely not that bad, 59
> commits in a 20 commit tree would be bad.

I think it's about size of the commits. If it's 59 clean oneliner
fixes, I don't think it's a big deal. If it's 59 patches that add new
functionality, that's a different issue. The size of the base tree is
almost entirely irrelevant in that situation. Fixes are ok, new
features are not.

              Linus
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