* Russell King <rmk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 01:20:53PM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote: > > > > * Russell King <rmk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > Why am _I_ responsible for which kernel version _Catalin_ used > > > for _his_ patches when _he_ committed them? > > > > If you then pull that tree from him and push it out to > > linux-next? Then *of course* you are responsible, it was your > > decision to pull it. > > > > I frequently reject pulls from subsystem maintainers on similar > > (and sometimes lesser) grounds - because such mistakes tend to > > compound with time. > > > > The thing is, if you do Git pulls from someone then you must be > > absolutely anal about it, because you cannot really fix things > > up after the fact. The people you pull from must be your > > extended arms, they must be doing an equal or better job than > > you. That gives a basis of trust. > > > > Once that is established, you can be permissive about mistakes. > > > > But arguing that you are not responsible for what you pull is > > absolutely grotesque and establishes a new low for this > > discussion really... > > > > Also, as I told you in the very first mail, I am *fine* with > > this having happened, so you having zapped the commits is > > indefensible IMO. Mistakes do happen and the patch is fine > > technically and sfr and Linus could have handled the trivial > > conflict. What I suggested was to do it a bit better in the > > future. Is that too much to ask for? > > > > > You're insane. Totally. > > > > I think you owe me an apology :-( > > I owe you nothing. From where I stand, I did nothing wrong. Well, even ignoring the arguments you hurled several ad hominems at me while I wrote none. Thanks, Ingo -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-next" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
