Re: My fixes to ide-tape in 2.4.20-ac2

Pete Zaitcev (zaitcev@redhat.com)
Tue, 17 Dec 2002 14:22:35 -0500


> Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2002 22:49:35 -0200 (BRST)
> From: Marcelo Tosatti <marcelo@conectiva.com.br>

> > I checked that my fixes were not corrected by Alan Stern,
> > and re-diffed them against 2.4.20-ac2. I think it would
> > be right if Alan (Cox :-) applied this patch to -ac3 or something.
> > Marcelo agreed to take it many times but forgot to actually apply.
>
> I haven't applied them because I was afraid they could break something.
>
> Great that now its been tested in -ac.

Yes, Alan saves the day. However, I would think this is what your
-pre series were supposed to do. Add fixes, see if they break things.
Release more often. If patches regress, remove them. Obviously, your
master vision is different, but personally I think it's unfortunate.

Greetings,
-- Pete
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