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On 07/20/2015 11:08 PM, Julia Lawall wrote:
>>> Is this really such a major issue?  If you don't want cleanup patches,
>>> just politely refuse them and point people at drivers/staging/ where I
>>> will gladly take them.  It's not tough at all.
>>>
>> It isn't tough or an issue for me, but I don't normally refuse cleanup
>> patches either.
>
> Politely pointing people at staging is an OK strategy, but I think newbies
> would really prefer to know in advance that their patch has no chance of
> being accepted.
>
Very much agreed.

Guenter