Re: FRV-setup: Clarification for "source code clean-up"?

From	SF Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: FRV-setup: Clarification for "source code clean-up"?
Date	2016-10-21 11:20 +0200
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> It's all about ratios...  Each clean up patch has chance of introducing
> a bug.

Each update suggestion contains a possibility for mistakes.


> If you only send clean up patches then you only introduce bugs.

I find such a conclusion questionable with the wording "only".


> We really don't want people sending patches if they introduce more bugs
> than they fix.

How do you think about to discuss corresponding software development
statistics in more detail?

Regards,
Markus

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[PATCH 0/6] FRV-setup: Fine-tuning for six function implementations SF Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net> - 2016-10-21 07:10 +0200
  [PATCH 2/6] FRV-setup: Use seq_putc() in show_cpuinfo() SF Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net> - 2016-10-21 07:10 +0200
  [PATCH 3/6] FRV-setup: Add some spaces for better code readability SF Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net> - 2016-10-21 07:10 +0200
  [PATCH 5/6] FRV-setup: Fix indentation in two lines SF Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net> - 2016-10-21 07:20 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 5/6] FRV-setup: Fix indentation in two lines Jiri Kosina <jikos@kernel.org> - 2016-10-21 09:30 +0200
      Re: [PATCH 5/6] FRV-setup: Fix indentation in two lines Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com> - 2016-10-21 10:00 +0200
        Re: FRV-setup: Clarification for "source code clean-up"? SF Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net> - 2016-10-21 11:20 +0200
          Re: FRV-setup: Clarification for "source code clean-up"? Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com> - 2016-10-21 11:30 +0200
            Re: FRV-setup: Clarification for "source code clean-up"? SF Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net> - 2016-10-21 12:00 +0200
              Re: FRV-setup: Clarification for "source code clean-up"? Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org> - 2016-10-21 12:30 +0200
              Re: FRV-setup: Clarification for "source code clean-up"? Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com> - 2016-10-21 12:30 +0200
                Re: FRV-setup: Clarification for "source code clean-up"? Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@lip6.fr> - 2016-10-21 13:10 +0200
                Re: Improving software around DMA API usage? SF Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net> - 2016-10-21 13:40 +0200
  [PATCH 6/6] FRV-setup: Move statements for "case" to separate lines SF Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net> - 2016-10-21 07:20 +0200

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