Re: [patch 07/76] NIU: Bump driver version and release date.

[Jesper Juhl]

On 22/03/2008, David Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: "Jesper Juhl" <jesper.juhl@xxxxxxxxx>
>  Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2008 01:10:40 +0100
>
>
>  > As I see it, this patch is quite trivial and does not fix any "real problem".
>  > How come this is suitable for -stable?
>  >
>  > I have no objections to the patch "as such", I just don't think it
>  > makes sense for -stable.
>
>
> It makes a difference for driver maintainers when users
>  report bugs and we ask them for the version printed
>  by the driver so that we know which fixes have been
>  applied.
>
Ok, fair enough.

>  You know, if people are going to be jerky about this,
>  I'll just include the version bump in the actual bug
>  fixes which I sometimes do anyways.
>
>  Thanks for bringing this up, it's a useful use of
>  everyone's time :-/
>
Excuse me for reading patches, trying to spot problems and thinking
about where they are applied and what rules apply etc.

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