netdev - Re: [GIT] Networking

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Date:	Fri, 11 Mar 2011 21:17:54 +0000
From:	Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	bfields@...ldses.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [GIT] Networking

On Fri, 2011-03-11 at 13:01 -0800, David Miller wrote:
> From: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@...ldses.org>
> Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2011 15:48:23 -0500
> 
> > As with the above, it'd make the history a little more self-documenting.
> 
> Once there is even one single commit after the buggy one, this is
> simply impossible since the hashes of subsequent commits depend upon
> the precise contents of the original one.

I think Bruce is suggesting that the fix is committed on a branch from
the broken commit, then merged into whatever branches need it.  I'm not
sure how much that helps, though.  The merge could then involve forward-
porting (as opposed to the current situation where fixes are cherry-
picked and possibly back-ported).

Ben.

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