* Linus Torvalds [off-list ref] wrote:

On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 12:25 AM, Thomas Gleixner [off-list ref] wrote:

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Cool!

Don't use them for anything global.

Use them for local codeflow, but don't expect them to be 
distributed. It's a separate "flow", and while it *can* be 
distributed, it's not going to be for the kernel, for example. 
So no, don't start using this to ack things, because the acks 
*will* get lost.

I'd also add a small meta argument: that it would be actively 
wrong to *allow* 'belated' acks to be added. In practice acks 
are most useful *before* a commit gets created and they often 
have a mostly buerocratic role afterwards.

So we should encourage timely acks (which actually help 
development), and accept ack-less patches as long as they are 
correct and create no problems. More utility, less buerocracy. 
Incorrect, ack-less patches causing problems will get all the 
flames they deserve.

Thanks,

	Ingo