Re: [PATCH] Staging: nvec: fix coding style issues

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On Saturday 02 June 2012 23:38:19 Dan Carpenter wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 02, 2012 at 03:10:52PM +0200, Marc Dietrich wrote:
> > Hi Adnan,
> > 
> > On Monday 28 May 2012 10:41:24 Adnan Ali wrote:
> > > This commit fixes coding style issues that includes
> > > long lines.
> > 
> > I included your and some more style fixes to V2 of the "nvec cleanup"
> > series.
> Gar.  That's not the right way.
> 
> No one has replied to your v1 patches, so probably we will apply
> them first.  Once they are applied it's set in stone. 

The fact that no one replied, doesn't mean that I cannot revise it myself if I 
find problems. AFAIK, we are not in staging merge window yet, so applying a 
revised version shouldn't be a problem. Maybe I should have replied to the 
first version to make clear that it is obsolete.

> I assume that
> Adnan's patches don't apply on top of the v1 patches and that's why
> you redid yours?  It would have been better to just say something
> like, "Hi Adnan, these patches won't apply on top of my earlier
> patches <url>.  Please can you redo them?" 

Don't know what drove me, sorry. I'm going to rebase my patches ontop of his 
one and submit a third version.

> There was no need to
> send a v2 patchset when you could have just sent the 6/6 patch by
> itself instead of resending 1-5.

The 1/5 and 2/5 patch was also changed so I decided to resubmit all of them 
instead of a patchwork rug.

Marc


> It's a tricky thing when it's appropriate to fold someone's patch
> into your work.  I don't think it was the right thing here.  At
> least give credit when you do.
> 
> So obviously this is a small patch, but whatever, just work work
> with the system and everything goes more smoothly.
> 
> regards,
> dan carpenter
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