Re: [RFQ] Rules for accepting patches into the linux-releases tree

From: Ian Pilcher
Date: Sat Mar 05 2005 - 15:31:02 EST


Greg KH wrote:
On Sat, Mar 05, 2005 at 02:59:17PM +0100, Adrian Bunk wrote:


An example that doesn't fit:

A patch of me to remove an unused function was accepted into 2.6.11 .
Today, someone mailed that there's an external GPL'ed module that uses this function.

A patch to re-add this function as it was in 2.6.10 does not fulfill your criteria, but it is a low-risk way to fix a regression compared to 2.6.10 .


Yes, I wouldn't have a problem with adding this kind of fix. Do others
disagree?


Something about major functional regressions?

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