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From: SF Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net>
To: Wolfram Sang <wsa@the-dreams.de>
Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org, Dan Streetman <ddstreet@ieee.org>,
	Seth Jennings <sjenning@redhat.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Using best practices for big software change possibilities
Date: Sun, 21 May 2017 12:12:39 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <82cfcf3e-0089-0629-f10c-e01346487f6a@users.sourceforge.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20170521095654.bzpaa2obfszrajgb@ninjato>

> Have you read my LWN article "Best practices for a big patch series"?
> 
> https://lwn.net/Articles/585782/

Yes.


>> This can also happen as a side effect if such a source code search pattern
>> will point hundreds of places out for further software development considerations.
>> How would you prefer to clarify the remaining update candidates there?
> 
> Maybe the article mentioned can provice further guidance?

Partly, yes.

I am trying to achieve some software improvements also for special change patterns.
This approach can trigger corresponding communication difficulties.
How do you think about to resolve them by additional means besides mail exchange?

Regards,
Markus

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  reply	other threads:[~2017-05-21 10:12 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-05-21  8:23 [PATCH 0/3] zswap: Adjustments for three function implementations SF Markus Elfring
2017-05-21  8:25 ` [PATCH 1/3] zswap: Delete an error message for a failed memory allocation in zswap_pool_create() SF Markus Elfring
2017-05-30 23:18   ` Dan Streetman
2017-05-21  8:26 ` [PATCH 2/3] zswap: Improve a size determination in zswap_frontswap_init() SF Markus Elfring
2017-05-30 23:19   ` Dan Streetman
2017-05-21  8:27 ` [PATCH 3/3] zswap: Delete an error message for a failed memory allocation in zswap_dstmem_prepare() SF Markus Elfring
2017-05-21  8:47   ` Wolfram Sang
2017-05-21  9:40     ` SF Markus Elfring
2017-05-21  9:56       ` Wolfram Sang
2017-05-21 10:12         ` SF Markus Elfring [this message]
2017-05-21 10:27           ` Using best practices for big software change possibilities Wolfram Sang
2017-05-21 10:45             ` SF Markus Elfring
2017-05-30 23:20   ` [PATCH 3/3] zswap: Delete an error message for a failed memory allocation in zswap_dstmem_prepare() Dan Streetman

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