On Thu, 4 Jun 2020, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Thu, 2020-06-04 at 11:52 +0200, Julia Lawall wrote:
> > Should Fixes also be used when the change will make it hard to port other
> > fixes over it?
>
> If it's a logic defect or regression that's being fixed,
> shouldn't the logic defect or regression be fixed as
> reasonably soon as possible?
Sure, but I recall seeing some patches that mentioned that the problem had
existed since the beginning of git. Of course, it should be rare.
>
> The nature of the fix should ideally be optimal for
> backporting, but I believe that should not stop any
> consideration for the standalone fix itself.
I'm not sure to follow this. Sometimes non-bug fixes that block
backporting a bug fix have to be backported as well. So the fixes would
again highlight the range of versions affected by the issue.
julia
> What do you think?
>
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