Re: [PATCH - 1/1] Documentation/HOWTO

2007-05-25 Thread Bernd Eckenfels
On Fri, May 25, 2007 at 11:24:46AM -0500, Scott Preece wrote: > However, it might be phrased more diplomatically in this context, like > "because you are sacrificing time that could be spent adding features, > to fix somebody else's mistakes". Not all Bugs are mistakes of the coder. I still think

Re: [PATCH - 1/1] Documentation/HOWTO

2007-05-25 Thread Scott Preece
On 5/18/07, Bernd Eckenfels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote: >> bugs is one of the best ways to get merits among other developers, because >> not many people like wasting time fixing other people's bugs. > ^^^ > > you might want t

Re: [PATCH - 1/1] Documentation/HOWTO

2007-05-25 Thread Qi Yong
On Thu, May 24, 2007 at 08:49:12AM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote: > > > On Thu, 24 May 2007, Diego Calleja wrote: > > El Thu, 24 May 2007 17:45:04 +0800, "Qi Yong" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió: > > > > D'oh, it seems the patch was picked from the mailing list and merged twice, > > and I didn't not

Re: [PATCH - 1/1] Documentation/HOWTO

2007-05-24 Thread debian developer
sept. 2006! its been there since quite a long time. now what happens to my patch submitted to Greg??? On 5/24/07, Linus Torvalds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Thu, 24 May 2007, Diego Calleja wrote: > El Thu, 24 May 2007 17:45:04 +0800, "Qi Yong" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió: > > D'oh, it seems

Re: [PATCH - 1/1] Documentation/HOWTO

2007-05-24 Thread Linus Torvalds
On Thu, 24 May 2007, Diego Calleja wrote: > El Thu, 24 May 2007 17:45:04 +0800, "Qi Yong" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió: > > D'oh, it seems the patch was picked from the mailing list and merged twice, > and I didn't notice it. > > > Torvalds, Care to revert one commit? > > Agreed, one of them c

Re: [PATCH - 1/1] Documentation/HOWTO

2007-05-24 Thread Diego Calleja
El Thu, 24 May 2007 17:45:04 +0800, "Qi Yong" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió: > Hello, > > This duplicated paragraph problem was introduced by the following two > commits. They are one patch actually. D'oh, it seems the patch was picked from the mailing list and merged twice, and I didn't notice i

Re: [PATCH - 1/1] Documentation/HOWTO

2007-05-24 Thread Qi Yong
On 19/05/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Fri, 18 May 2007 12:01:41 EDT, "Robert P. J. Day" said: > On Fri, 18 May 2007, debian developer wrote: > > -your skills, and other developers will be aware of your presence. Fixing > > bugs is one of the best ways to get merits among o

Re: [PATCH - 1/1] Documentation/HOWTO

2007-05-18 Thread Valdis . Kletnieks
On Fri, 18 May 2007 12:01:41 EDT, "Robert P. J. Day" said: > On Fri, 18 May 2007, debian developer wrote: > > -your skills, and other developers will be aware of your presence. Fixing > > bugs is one of the best ways to get merits among other developers, because > > not many people like wasting ti

Re: [PATCH - 1/1] Documentation/HOWTO

2007-05-18 Thread Bernd Eckenfels
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote: >> bugs is one of the best ways to get merits among other developers, because >> not many people like wasting time fixing other people's bugs. > ^^^ > > you might want to find a less demeaning term for debugging than > "wasti

Re: [PATCH - 1/1] Documentation/HOWTO

2007-05-18 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Fri, 18 May 2007, debian developer wrote: ... > -Managing bug reports > - > - > -One of the best ways to put into practice your hacking skills is by fixing > -bugs reported by other people. Not only you will help to make the kernel > -more stable, you'll learn to fix real wor

Re: [PATCH - 1/1] Documentation/HOWTO

2007-05-18 Thread Pekka Enberg
Hi "Debian Developer", On 5/18/07, debian developer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Heres a patch. It's my first. so any mistakes to be pardoned. :) Three major problems: (1) no real name in the email, (2) no patch description and (3) no signed-off-by line. Please see the following URL for details:

[PATCH - 1/1] Documentation/HOWTO

2007-05-18 Thread debian developer
Heres a patch. It's my first. so any mistakes to be pardoned. :) --- linux-2.6.21.1/Documentation/HOWTO.orig 2007-05-18 18:54:18.0 +0530 +++ linux-2.6.21.1/Documentation/HOWTO 2007-05-18 18:55:03.0 +0530 @@ -383,26 +383,6 @@ One of the best ways to put into practic bugs repo