Because then:
- the action is not effective immediately but sometimes after few
months, not counting people still working with 2.6.12 or so.
- IMHO adding Cc: patch-service is a bit easier than using a script
- I think the "observers" thing is worth the effort. Now I only see
changes to certain areas I'm interested in when they are accepted
upstream.
- maintaining the script is probably more work than maintaining the
database :-)
And with a service you can:
- maintain a patch archive
- be sure nobody tries to be "creative"
- perhaps other things I haven't thought about.
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Krzysztof Halasa
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