Re: squashing commits or not

[Gregory Nutt]

We have to trust that committers will do the best job that they can.  We 
have no control over how committers do that job.  There is no mechanism 
for such control.  This is an area where there is no option but to trust 
the judgement of the committers.

Discussing good practice is fine, but there is no authority to control 
the behavior of the committers.  The committers are free to do as they 
choose.  The only "punishment" is peer pressure and social acceptance.