On Fri, Aug 09, 2013 at 09:46:43PM +0200, Tom Wijsman wrote: > On Fri, 9 Aug 2013 12:30:42 -0700 > Greg KH <gre...@gentoo.org> wrote: > > > ... Just read the commits to find out what is resolved, ... > > > > ... Because it's extra work that is pointless. ... > > > > > No classification is done if there is no single command to obtain > > > them. > > > > I don't understand what you mean by this. > > What I'm suggesting is based on the need for a digest; we both know, > that a lot of people are not going to read every single commit to > classify them, if everyone has to do that that causes a lot of double > work which could be easily spared out at the source. Alternatively, > we are in need of a separate resource outside of the kernel infra that > is interested in classifying commits this way, I'm not sure whether > there is anybody doing such thing.
There is not, and anyone who has tried to do such a thing quickly gave up as it was a very difficult task. But please, if you feel like you can succeed where others have failed, please do so, I know a lot of people would like someone to do this type of work for them. > Undoubtedly you heard thoughts similar to the above many times before; > but I'm new to this train of thoughts, so I'm unaware of those debates. Yes, it comes up every few months by people who are just suddenly thinking of it. Please give us some kind of credit, we have been dealing with this issue for well over a decade, and have come to the existing state based on our experience and knowledge of what works best for us, and hopefully, the rest of the community. thanks, greg k-h
