"J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > I'd rather see multiple patches that were actually functional at each > stage: e.g., start with a server that responds to some sort of rpc-level > ping but does nothing else, then add basic file IO, etc. > > I don't know if that's practical. Although it would certainly be nice I don't think it's realistic to expect this kind of retro-logical-rewriting. AFAIK the other new fs-related addition (ntfs patchset) is using the same trick of adding the Makefile at the end after it was suggested on the mailing list. So there's a precedent. Cheers, -- Aurélien Aptel / SUSE Labs Samba Team GPG: 1839 CB5F 9F5B FB9B AA97 8C99 03C8 A49B 521B D5D3 SUSE Software Solutions Germany GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, DE GF: Felix Imendörffer, Mary Higgins, Sri Rasiah HRB 247165 (AG München)