Re: removal of svenl from the project

[Steve Greenland <steveg@moregruel.net>]

On 16-Mar-06, 21:39 (CST), Brian May <bam@debian.org> wrote: 
> >>>>> "Daniel" == Daniel Stone <daniels@debian.org> writes:
> 
>     Daniel> The following is technically a well-formed diff:
> 
>     Daniel> --- init/main.c.orig    2006-03-15 23:11:48.000000000 +0200
>     Daniel> +++ init/main.c 2006-03-15 23:12:23.000000000 +0200
>     Daniel> @@ -653,6 +653,9 @@
> 
>     Daniel> static int init(void * unused)
>     Daniel> {
>     Daniel> +        char *foo = NULL, *bar = NULL;
>     Daniel> +        strdup(bar, foo);
>     Daniel> +
>     Daniel> lock_kernel();
>     Daniel> /*
>     Daniel> * init can run on any cpu.
> 
> What the heck? Are you implying that would be a suitable well-formed
> patch suitable for inclusion? Or did I miss some sarcasm?

You missed the sarcasm. I understood Daniel's point to be that just
because a patch is syntatically correct doesn't mean that it will (or
should) be applied.

Steve
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