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Subject: Re: ALSA: nm256: Fine-tuning for three function implementations
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From: SF Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net>
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> No-testing is the worst case.

Free software development can occasionally mean that system tests
can also be performed by a person who is different from the
initial programmer.


>> I am unsure if acceptable test results will ever be published for this
>> software module.
> 
> Then forget about your patches.

I published some change possibilities. Now the chances are varying
to receive constructive review comments for them as usual.


>> * How do you think about to sort the remaining update candidates
>>   by their change size (or software age)?
> 
> Irrelevant.

Do you want that I point any other patch out which you could find
easier to handle again?

Regards,
Markus