Re: [PATCH hurd 0/6] Add file record locking support

[Samuel Thibault]

Svante Signell, le Thu 08 Jan 2015 14:04:50 +0100, a écrit :
> On Thu, 2015-01-08 at 13:57 +0100, Samuel Thibault wrote:
> > Svante Signell, le Thu 08 Jan 2015 13:55:28 +0100, a écrit :
> > > Well, I was expecting that all patches should be applied (when modified
> > > and OKed), not each one separately. I can fix that, but what's the use
> > > of applying parts of patches in a patch series?
> > 
> > To be able to git bisect.
> 
> So you mean that I should build hurd for every patch in a series,
> install and check that all is OK? Very cumbersome. 

No, I mean you should take care of separating changes which can be
separated, while keeping them in can-be-built order, so that if an issue
arises, it's easy to bisect to know whic one poses problem.

> BTW: Can you or Justus give me a crash course how to create a git
> branch, create the patches and send them as a mail thread.

I don't really have the time to do this, but I guess there are such
courses over the web.

Samuel