[U-Boot-Users] TI DaVinci merge, was: uboot custodian question

[ksi at koi8.net]

On Fri, 3 Aug 2007, Wolfgang Denk wrote:

> In message <46B2C9DA.4070608 at googlemail.com> you wrote:
>>
>> Do you like to split the patches in smaller chunks (main stuff,
>> drivers) and then sending them unzipped (except mach-types.h) as plain
>> text to the list? Maybe this could help people to directly comment.
>
> This is definitely a good idea; compressed patched tend to get ignored
> as they violate the requirements for a proper patch - see
> http://www.denx.de/wiki/UBoot/Patches

These requirements are broken. It is a good idea for patches that fix
something but it is absolutely bad for adding new port. Initial set of
patches for it is big and it is much better to use a compressed patch (or
even set of such) than posting 30 or 50 small patches in separate emails.

When it is already in the tree, yes, it is possible to use small patches and
it is good to do so.

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