On Mon, 16 Dec 2019, Russell King - ARM Linux admin [off-list ref] wrote:

On Mon, Dec 16, 2019 at 05:13:20PM +0200, Jani Nikula wrote:

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I'm not sure that you understand our workflow. But it doesn't matter;
it's clear that they are different. In your workflow, the value for the
tag is subjective. In our workflow, it's not, it's unambiguous. And
there is really no point in debating the relative merits of the
workflows.

I don't see why you think that it's subjective in my workflow. It
isn't. The proposed patch and the officially submitted patch are
generally identical. The difference is, which thread is the more
useful thread to link the patch to - the one with the discussion
about the patch including why it's needed, or the official submission
that contains none of that.

In my experience, it's common to have several versions of a patch, often
in several threads. If I were to choose which message to reference,
other than the patch that was actually applied, I'd feel it would be a
subjective choice.

I guess it depends whether you wish to capture the submission itself
or the actual useful discussion about the patch with the tag. If
we're going to be officially defining this tag, then really that
question needs to be settled.

What worries me at this point is that you seem to want to withdraw
from the discussion before any concensus has been reached, which
presents a problem for Linus' proposed patch...

I don't think we can reach a meaningful consensus between ourselves that
other people would care about anyway; indeed this sentiment is echoed in
Jon's and Ted's replies.


BR,
Jani.


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Jani Nikula, Intel Open Source Graphics Center