>
> A minor issue...
>
> How does Marcelo (or Linus or Alan, say) know that the patch _really_ came from
> the subsystem aintainer himself? I mean anybody would have sent any crap, but
> not too bad enough to suspect. But if it came with a CC to a list, there is a
> much smaller chance of this happenning.
>
> Yes. This would be very rare and the effects would be very short lived. But
> still the _possibility_ exists.
>
How about sending a quick reply "got your patch, applied it?" The
maintainer can then say "WHAT PATCH?"
-hpa
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