From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1760767AbYD0Abg (ORCPT ); Sat, 26 Apr 2008 20:31:36 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754895AbYD0Aba (ORCPT ); Sat, 26 Apr 2008 20:31:30 -0400 Received: from 74-93-104-97-Washington.hfc.comcastbusiness.net ([74.93.104.97]:58069 "EHLO sunset.davemloft.net" rhost-flags-OK-FAIL-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753950AbYD0Ab3 (ORCPT ); Sat, 26 Apr 2008 20:31:29 -0400 Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2008 17:31:29 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <20080426.173129.232382024.davem@davemloft.net> To: torvalds@linux-foundation.org Cc: bunk@kernel.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org, harvey.harrison@gmail.com, mchehab@infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: If you want me to quit I will quit From: David Miller In-Reply-To: References: <20080426084420.8e61c379.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <20080426171604.GN2252@cs181133002.pp.htv.fi> X-Mailer: Mew version 5.2 on Emacs 22.1 / Mule 5.0 (SAKAKI) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: Linus Torvalds Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2008 10:31:36 -0700 (PDT) > And once you've publicized them, you don't know who has that tree, so just > from a sanity and debugging standpoint, you should try to avoid mucking > with already-public versions. If you made a mistake, add a patch on top to > fix it (and announce the new state), but generally try to not "hide" the > fact that the state has changed. I didn't rebase at all this past cycle for networking, and it helped the people downstream from me _A LOT_. Anyone who rebases frequently, like I used to, is an idiot, like me. :-)