Hello Hugh On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 7:39 AM, Hugh Dickins <hughd@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sun, 11 Dec 2011, Hillf Danton wrote: > >> If the request is not to create root group and we fail to meet it, >> we'd leave the root unchanged. > > I didn't understand that at first: please say "we should" rather > than "we'd", which I take to be an abbreviation for "we would". > Thanks for correcting me. > > I wonder what was going through the author's mind when he wrote it > that way? I wonder if it's one of those bugs that creeps in when > you start from a perfectly functional patch, then make refinements > to suit feedback from reviewers. > Actually no such a perfectly functional patch, but I also wonder if you are likely to post and/or share your current todo list if any, then many could learn the right direction, and in turn you comment and pull acceptable works in that direction, like Linus. Hillf -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Fight unfair telecom internet charges in Canada: sign http://stopthemeter.ca/ Don't email: <a href