Re: [MPTCP] [Weekly meetings] MoM - 25th of April 2019

[Mat Martineau <mathew.j.martineau at linux.intel.com>]

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On Tue, 30 Apr 2019, Paolo Abeni wrote:

> Hi,
>
> On Mon, 2019-04-29 at 11:02 -0700, Mat Martineau wrote:
>> If we can merge the beginning of the patch set in our repo, I think it
>> will be much easier to coordinate our work by appending commits rather
>> than constantly revising the whole series. I think we're getting close to
>> that point, and after the pushing RFCv10 we may be in a good position to
>> merge the earlier patches and then focus on new commits (or commits that
>> can be easily squashed).
>
> I agree with this kind of approach. I would take it to the extent of
> accepting the patchset as is, and than handle whatever is needed with
> incremental patches.
>
> WDYT?
>

I'd like to know what others think too. Now that we have more people 
modifying the kernel code, we need a process that gives more visibility 
and doesn't leave people waiting between RFC revisions. I agree that 
incremental patches would let us move forward better, even if we have to 
do some squashing and rearranging later.

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Mat Martineau
Intel