Re: [GIT PULL] notification: including fanotify [LWN.net]

From:		Linus Torvalds <torvalds-AT-linux-foundation.org>
To:		Stephen Rothwell <sfr-AT-canb.auug.org.au>
Subject:		Re: [GIT PULL] notification: including fanotify
Date:		Sat, 27 Feb 2010 15:38:32 -0800 (PST)
Cc:		Eric Paris <eparis-AT-redhat.com>, viro-AT-zeniv.linux.org.uk, hch-AT-infradead.org, linux-kernel-AT-vger.kernel.org
Archive-link:		Article, Thread

On Sun, 28 Feb 2010, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> 
> You also forgot to mention that this whole tree has been rebased since
> (my) Friday and the version of the above commit in linux-next does not
> have that hunk.

Yeah. This is why I hate people who rebase too much. 

I don't mind rebases per se, but when they happen within the last few 
days, it just tells me that "that tree got no testing". 

So guys: feel free to rebase. But when you do, wait a week afterwards. 
Don't "rebase and ask Linus to pull". That's just _wrong_. It means that 
the tree you asked me to pull has gotten zero testing.

And sometimes that lack of testing is more obvious than other times. In 
this case, it was pretty damn obvious.

				Linus

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