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Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com> wrote:
>
>  Luis, you, or somebody should create a new patch series with just the 
>  critical fixes, NO WHITESPACE/FORMATTING CHANGES mixed in, and send 
>  those first.

Whitespace changes are often nice, but they should be the very first
patch[es] in the series.  You should be able to verify that the .o file was
unchanged before and after.

That way they become a no-brainer and it becomes easier to review and
understand the substantive changes.