[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 1/3] driver/net/mpipe: support native build on tilegx platform.

[Thomas Monjalon]

2016-02-10 09:49, Bruce Richardson:
> On Tue, Feb 09, 2016 at 11:47:55PM +0100, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> > 2016-02-09 21:15, Liming Sun:
> > > Looks like this patch serie has been merged into dpdk-next-net/rel_16_04.
> > > What would be the usual way to submit changes for new comments? Would it be incremental changes (new commit) based on previous one? Thanks.
> > 
> > Good question.
> > I think it's better if Bruce drops or reverts the commits from dpdk-next-net
> > to let you re-submit a better new version.
> > Bruce, do you agree?
> 
> Unless there is something actually broken - that was previously working - by 
> this patchset I'd rather not revert it. This patch was sitting acked for a month
> which is a reasonable time for comments before applying it. Allowing people to
> step up post-apply and look for patches being reverted is not something we want
> to encourage IMHO. There are already too many reviews being done at the last
> minute, and allowing reverts may make that situation worse, while applying acked
> patches within a reasonable time - irrespective of whether people subsequently
> find issues with them - should encourage earlier reviews, and makes it easier on
> contributors.

Yes you are right.

> Therefore I'd rather see any additional enhancements or changes
> done as incremental patches on top of this set.
> 
> Regards,
> /Bruce
>