From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 17 May 2002 20:50:39 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 17 May 2002 20:50:38 -0400 Received: from dsl-213-023-043-065.arcor-ip.net ([213.23.43.65]:26759 "EHLO starship") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 17 May 2002 20:50:38 -0400 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII From: Daniel Phillips To: Russell King Subject: Re: Htree directory index for Ext2, updated Date: Sat, 18 May 2002 02:49:44 +0200 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.3.2] Cc: "Albert D. Cahalan" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <200205170422.g4H4M5q295551@saturn.cs.uml.edu> <20020517084327.A20573@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Message-Id: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Friday 17 May 2002 09:43, Russell King wrote: > On Fri, May 17, 2002 at 07:18:23AM +0200, Daniel Phillips wrote: > > I think you're saying that patch is broken by design. And what's the > > standard argument for not fixing it? > > There are a set of guidelines for generating patches given in the patch > 2.5 manpage. I would suggest people go and read them. The section is > marked: "NOTES FOR PATCH SENDERS" I will go as far as agreeing that this is a standard argument. -- Daniel