Hi Randy, On Tue, 18 Nov 2008 08:47:57 -0800 Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > The following will cause a tree to be temporarily dropped from linux-next: > > - non-trivial conflicts with Linus' tree > > - build failures > > One clarification, please. > > Does this mean build failures that _you_ see/experience during tree merging > and not other reported build failures? Build failures I see during merging will cause the tree to be dropped immediately (this forces me to not spend time trying to fix others problems), other build failures may take a day or two before the offending tree gets identified and dropped (but hopefully it will be fixed before that happens). A tree being dropped during merging does not imply fault - it may well be a combination of trees that is the problem and I am always open to people explaining things to me. As long as we come up with a solution that I can carry along. However, most of the build failures I have seen so far have been unexpected impact on other architectures/configs (than those tested by the author), procedures gone wrong or carelessness ... Trees do get picked up again at the next opportunity i.e. I still fetch, inspect and attempt to merge "dropped" trees just in case people don't get around to telling me they are fixed. -- Cheers, Stephen Rothwell sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.canb.auug.org.au/~sfr/
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