On Tue, 23 Jun 2009, Jake Edge wrote: > On Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:52:02 +0200 Krzysztof Halasa wrote: > > > Perhaps it's just me :-) but I think we're trying to codify the rules > > way too much. The general rules (merge window = new features etc) are > > obviously ok but why do we need strict details like intrusive vs > > non-intrusive etc? People should just use a common sense and good > > judgement and, if in doubt in some particular case, ask. We are unable > > to describe all situations in a single text file. > > Me2 :) Well, I do agree that documenting the rules and making them inflexible shouldn't be the primary goal. But the fact is, "common sense" hasn't worked very well. I consistently get pull requests from maintainers that have well-meaning "fix bugs" in them, and that cause a lot of totally pointless churn. In fact, this whole discussion has shown one thing: people still think that "bug fix" somehow automatically means that it's appropriate after the merge window. That's simply not so. Linus -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
