* 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