From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754053AbXGOV3t (ORCPT ); Sun, 15 Jul 2007 17:29:49 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751483AbXGOV3l (ORCPT ); Sun, 15 Jul 2007 17:29:41 -0400 Received: from wa-out-1112.google.com ([209.85.146.181]:17584 "EHLO wa-out-1112.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751220AbXGOV3l (ORCPT ); Sun, 15 Jul 2007 17:29:41 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=kyjQ6YHG8w0BDKJENd6Ax4NN0E6VpxqWgfgR5XOKgHwp1uhoJxRHjU41AfDzq+jD3Y0gKR9qAlH9B8/02YMbqLBNyezyMN5kelp1fq7cVBRttrsAKDZtCHEt9xu/Ozpau6DR9jLr8urB2YLeRP4gEcslQPCVDHaZqdvQdxWTuHQ= Message-ID: <9a8748490707151429h73c46157w441287089d150fed@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2007 23:29:40 +0200 From: "Jesper Juhl" To: "TripleX Chung" Subject: Re: Ask for help, about the trivial patches. Cc: trivial@kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <469A4B9B.4040008@zh-kernel.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <4697C980.1040902@zh-kernel.org> <9a8748490707131354y37793f0ag2c01b2bdf968f8cc@mail.gmail.com> <469A4B9B.4040008@zh-kernel.org> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On 15/07/07, TripleX Chung wrote: > Jesper Juhl wrote: > > Note: my explanations below are based on how I understand these > > things, but I'm not the trivial patch monkey nor did I help create > > these guidelines, so I'm in no way authoritative on the subject. > > > > On 13/07/07, TripleX Chung wrote: > >> I am working on the chinese translated version of > >> Documentation/SubmittingPatches and get some problem about the "Trivial > >> patches".I can not understand what "Trivial patches" exactly means.The > >> documentation said: > >> > > > > If you are unclear of the meaning of the word "trivial", then take a > > look here for an explanation: http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/trivial > > > Thanks for your help. > But I still have problems. > Trivial means "of little worth or importance". But some of the examples > in the rules are important, like "runtime fixes". Spell fixes must be > unimportant, but most of the runtime fixes like memory leaks or NULL > pointers must be important. I was still a little confused with them. > Think more along the lines of "simple, localized & easy to verify". -- Jesper Juhl Don't top-post http://www.catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/T/top-post.html Plain text mails only, please http://www.expita.com/nomime.html