Russell: On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 8:01 AM, Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > And since Linus' whinge about ARM defconfigs, I really *hate* merging > anything with *any* defconfig changes in - as a result, I don't > particularly want to deal with ARM defconfig changes anymore. I think the defconfigs are as important as the code itself! Sure there is a lot of churn in them--- just let git deal with it and move on. The defconfigs and board code provide critical reference models for new platform developers. If these models aren't right, then you end up providing bad references that get replicated over and over again. It multiplies the problem we're trying to solve. > Just look at the removal of AAEC2000, LH7A40x and 2000 lines from the > mach-types file removed 6000 lines, which in itself is about the number > of lines of change submitted during the last merge window for any one > non-ARM architecture. At this point in time with this complaint, I've > absolutely no idea why I bothered to do that. I should've left it well > alone and then the diffstat percentage would've been smaller. After > all, it's "pointless churn". I think you did it because it was the Right Thing To Do. Even positive change can be painful at times. The majority is exceedingly grateful for the effort you make. b.g. -- Bill Gatliff bgat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-omap" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
