Hi Kalle, On Fri, Jan 22, 2016 at 1:58 AM, Kalle Valo <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I have quite a lot of random cleanup patches from new developers waiting > in my queue: > > https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-wireless/list/?state=10&delegate=25621&order=date > > (Not all of them are cleanup patches, there are also few patches > deferred due to other reasons, but you get the idea.) > > These cleanup patches usually take quite a lot of my time and I'm > starting to doubt the benefit, compared to the time needed to dig > through them and figuring out what to apply. And this is of course time > away from other patches, so it's slowing down "real" development. > > I really don't know what to do. Part of me is saying that I just should > drop them unless it's reviewed by a more experienced developer but on > the other hand this is a good way get new developers onboard. > > What others think? Are these kind of patches useful?
I'm not experienced or knowledgeable enough to give an ack or formal review of a patch, however I generally read all of them. Would it be helpful if I were to give an informal "this patch looks sane" for cleanups and other small patches? Thanks, -- Julian Calaby Email: [email protected] Profile: http://www.google.com/profiles/julian.calaby/ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
