On 25 Aug 2006, at 17:05, Nedjo Rogers wrote:
And I agree with both Neil and Angie. Some things are cleaner split off. And some things are so integral that they need at least a core that's large, though beyond that, sure, details can be hived off to be done separately/later.
I don't think we need complex rules here. Nor can people sign off things in advance. If it is impossible to split a patch, you can keep it as one patch. In all other cases, try to use common sense and go with the advise from the reviewer in case there are different opinions about it. I support Neil's case. Recently, there has been a trend to bundle bug fixes with feature requests (to help the features get in). -- Dries Buytaert :: http://www.buytaert.net/