[openib-general] OpenSM Issues of the last couple days

Michael S. Tsirkin mst at mellanox.co.il
Sun Dec 10 13:05:43 PST 2006


> > Guys, don't be so scared of branches, they don't really have
> > any significant overhead in git: branch (and tag) are basically
> > just symbolic names for commit.
> 
> Right, branch in git is cheap, and if one needs branch in his tree he can
> just create this branch in his tree, it is not necessary to ask origin's
> tree maintainer to create this branch for him.

I agree.
If, on the other hand, the tree maintainer wants someone else to test a set of
patches automatically, the simplest way is for *said maintainer* to create a
known branch or tag with that patch set, and have test scripts pick that up.

It's really simple - if you want people to help, make it easy on them.

-- 
MST




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