Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH net-next 0/2] Xen network: split event channels support

[Ian Campbell <Ian.Campbell@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 2013-05-21 at 09:00 +0100, Wei Liu wrote:
> On Mon, May 20, 2013 at 11:27:52PM -0700, David Miller wrote:
> > 
> > If you use the same exact subject line in all of your patches in the
> > series, nobody reading the shortlog can tell what's different about
> > them.
> > 
> > You absolutely must resubmit this with more descriptive subject lines
> > which more accurately describe what each patch uniquely does.
> 
> I'm not sure I get what you mean. Their subject lines look alike, but
> not exactly the same.
> 
> So this patch set adds a new feature to Xen network device, which is
> called split event channels. The subject lines of two patches, one for
> frontend and one for backend, speak for themselves.

This is true, but I wonder if peoples eyes tend to skip over the initial
prefix.

> No matter how I change the subject lines, they will probably still look
> alike except for the leading "xen-netfront / xen-netback".  I can squash
> them into one changeset if that better suits your workflow, but it is
> better to leave them separate IMHO so that we can test them separately.
>
> Advice welcomed.

How about "xen-netback: Split event channel support for Xen Backend
driver" and the equivalent for frontend? 

I'd prefer to keep it as two changesets if possible.

Ian.


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