[U-Boot] [PATCH v2 1/9] FAT: cosmetic: Remove extra spaces

[Benoît Thébaudeau]

Hi Graeme,

On Aug 11, 2012 11:43:39 PM, Graeme Russ wrote:
> (added ML to Cc)
> Hi Benoît,
> On Aug 12, 2012 6:27 AM, "Benoît Thébaudeau" <
> benoit.thebaudeau at advansee.com > wrote:
> >
> > Hi Mike,
> >
> > On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 04:41:51 PM, Benoît Thébaudeau wrote:
> > > On Sat, Aug 4, 2012 at 01:11:16 AM, Benoît Thébaudeau wrote:
> > > > Dear Wolfgang Denk,
> > > >
> > > > On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 04:29:41 PM, Wolfgang Denk wrote:
> > > > > Dear =?utf-8?Q?Beno=C3=AEt_Th=C3=A9baudeau?=,
> > > > >
> > > > > In message
> > > > > < 845266616.705298.1343398892482.JavaMail.root at advansee.com >
> > > > > you
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On Sat, Jul 21, 2012 at 07:23:57 PM, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> > > > > > > Acked-by: Mike Frysinger < vapier at gentoo.org >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > If it's ack'ed, why does nobody apply it? What is the
> > > > > > normal
> > > > > > life
> > > > > > cycle of
> > > > > > patches like these that don't have a custodian?
> > > > >
> > > > > They end on my table, and probably get merged when the next
> > > > > merge
> > > > > window opens. See http://www.denx.de/wiki/U-Boot/ReleaseCycle
> > > >
> > > > Can you apply it now that the merge window is open?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks in advance.
> > >
> > > Can someone answer, please?
> >
> > Do you have any idea why nobody applies this series and answers?
> > Who is the fs
> > custodian? Wolfgang since I can't find a custodian defined for fs,
> > no? Is it
> > because of vacations or something? I'd like if this series could be
> > applied
> > before the end of the current merge window.
> >
> It is probably somewhere in Wolfgang's todo list. The merge window is
> not an indicator of when patches must be applied, it's a submission
> cutoff date. As a general rule, as long as the patches are submitted
> before the window closes, they will go in the next release (unless
> they are nack'd or cause breakage).
> The best time to ping patches is during the RC cycle just prior
> to.the release.

Oh, great! This is good news. Thanks for the information. The merge window
should be renamed to "submission window" or something since it is not really a
merge window like for Linux. I was scared my patches got lost somewhere.

Best regards,
Benoît