> Quoting Sean Hefty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Subject: Re: [ofa-general] ANNOUNCE ofed backports for 2.6.22 kernel bits > > >But the proposal here was to have a bush of branches, all of which > >need to be merged at the same time. It's possible that some > >would merge and some would fail, leaving me in an inconsistent state, > >and no easy way to get back to where I started. > > A fix could be applied to some kernels, but not others. In fact, if a > patch works for kernel X & Y, but has a conflict with kernel Z, then > different patches are needed anyway. I don't see the requirement to > merge everything or even apply a fix to all kernels at the same time.
This is typically component maintainer's job, not integrator's. As an integrator, I want to pull but if the merge fails, reset everything back to the original state, and let the maintainer know. -- MST _______________________________________________ general mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openfabrics.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/general To unsubscribe, please visit http://openib.org/mailman/listinfo/openib-general
