From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from atuin.qyliss.net (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by atuin.qyliss.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id BEA911B2E3; Sat, 01 Nov 2025 12:22:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: by atuin.qyliss.net (Postfix, from userid 993) id 173251B2D1; Sat, 01 Nov 2025 12:22:56 +0000 (UTC) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.1 (2024-03-26) on atuin.qyliss.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=3.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU,DMARC_MISSING,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_HELO_PASS autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=4.0.1 Received: from fhigh-b6-smtp.messagingengine.com (fhigh-b6-smtp.messagingengine.com [202.12.124.157]) by atuin.qyliss.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 72D5E1B2D0 for ; Sat, 01 Nov 2025 12:22:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from phl-compute-01.internal (phl-compute-01.internal [10.202.2.41]) by mailfhigh.stl.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2C8277A0163; Sat, 1 Nov 2025 08:22:54 -0400 (EDT) Received: from phl-mailfrontend-01 ([10.202.2.162]) by phl-compute-01.internal (MEProxy); Sat, 01 Nov 2025 08:22:54 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=alyssa.is; h=cc :content-type:content-type:date:date:from:from:in-reply-to :in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version:references:reply-to:subject :subject:to:to; s=fm2; t=1761999774; x=1762086174; bh=MIweG+ALSf rvIOkUEM5w4MPovCgqJcHMp6l3spmp3wI=; b=Iwh6jshDvg28/OMjI3mhUTeZAi UriHY+zDXHvV/BW5u1oOrrJUxS9cuOO3F6H3k+Kb1DrjbG4E0M/tTnYQEz1CSjlS A9G5f9K1FDIKmsg4DVv3bgVUYFogfAVGg+Gpcx5RBWUFoHyQjRKYZuQa2m+ax9G4 P5l0IVUBAICBTrrtRdhQeDrLJBVyEZUY3q60Ic2FNn1ND3zBRclR93IbHZI4bELz bQlyzhHu4D7mcCt7JSDb/S/SdeN9bxvaAXK0eHMAa41jpB8+1wsTrqp9gnBj7ErS Ekh0SoONqKiZ5hLoqf5IkxzfCFkRQHuwaIhVAVfKDzLeQk0uUxezdTvTNwFQ== DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=cc:content-type:content-type:date:date :feedback-id:feedback-id:from:from:in-reply-to:in-reply-to :message-id:mime-version:references:reply-to:subject:subject:to :to:x-me-proxy:x-me-sender:x-me-sender:x-sasl-enc; s=fm3; t= 1761999774; x=1762086174; bh=MIweG+ALSfrvIOkUEM5w4MPovCgqJcHMp6l 3spmp3wI=; b=lCVlue8BOz5yTEHARNDqhL4hJjxhMTyrTFbPeuYTrL0Q6Nf791f wnG+MWQD8hWzlXL+cQP0c6Qjaf3MDyNHIHeSIRWNI9x1Q9wRs0i+bc/7JKF7osO5 QrC5hYUQgc32MevjQHgMRO/gzP15IymTyxgYhsPrXUV1Id+SYmaNbcVavgPNAkVS Beyp9+7SrLSf1nVXlW5WvAMFCnW9qbLwUhlxdYhhh3FRpz2IxglAZ7i182+LvPDw 16W4coU87uxugCfduLhu/SVjz0MoAhwub4f5peRP/hGVGNV5WiLlqMndlwP4CTVt MRh/ZGY8Ud3VpZazdPdBWNxspAxIgVcl3Jg== X-ME-Sender: X-ME-Received: X-ME-Proxy-Cause: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgeeffedrtdeggddujedvfeehucetufdoteggodetrf dotffvucfrrhhofhhilhgvmecuhfgrshhtofgrihhlpdfurfetoffkrfgpnffqhgenuceu rghilhhouhhtmecufedttdenucesvcftvggtihhpihgvnhhtshculddquddttddmnecujf gurhephffvufgjfhffkfggtgesghdtreertddttdenucfhrhhomheptehlhihsshgrucft ohhsshcuoehhihesrghlhihsshgrrdhisheqnecuggftrfgrthhtvghrnhepvdeuvdeivd ehhfeikedtvddvhefgheffleevueeigffgtdffffeujedujeejkeejnecuvehluhhsthgv rhfuihiivgeptdenucfrrghrrghmpehmrghilhhfrhhomhephhhisegrlhihshhsrgdrih hspdhnsggprhgtphhtthhopedvpdhmohguvgepshhmthhpohhuthdprhgtphhtthhopegu vghmihhosggvnhhouhhrsehgmhgrihhlrdgtohhmpdhrtghpthhtohepuggvvhgvlhessh hpvggtthhruhhmqdhoshdrohhrgh X-ME-Proxy: Feedback-ID: i12284293:Fastmail Received: by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA; Sat, 1 Nov 2025 08:22:53 -0400 (EDT) Received: by mbp.qyliss.net (Postfix, from userid 1000) id A847A62B5FED; Sat, 01 Nov 2025 13:22:52 +0100 (CET) From: Alyssa Ross To: Demi Marie Obenour , Spectrum OS Development Subject: Re: Best practices for submitting tree-wide changes In-Reply-To: References: Date: Sat, 01 Nov 2025 13:22:50 +0100 Message-ID: <875xbuq6w5.fsf@alyssa.is> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Message-ID-Hash: EL6IEHIJ5H2AM3BX4I5IBRSMHHUCFN6W X-Message-ID-Hash: EL6IEHIJ5H2AM3BX4I5IBRSMHHUCFN6W X-MailFrom: hi@alyssa.is X-Mailman-Rule-Misses: dmarc-mitigation; no-senders; approved; emergency; loop; banned-address; member-moderation; header-match-devel.spectrum-os.org-0; header-match-devel.spectrum-os.org-1; header-match-devel.spectrum-os.org-2; header-match-devel.spectrum-os.org-3; header-match-devel.spectrum-os.org-4; nonmember-moderation; administrivia; implicit-dest; max-recipients; max-size; news-moderation; no-subject; digests; suspicious-header X-Mailman-Version: 3.3.9 Precedence: list List-Id: Patches and low-level development discussion Archived-At: List-Archive: List-Help: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain Demi Marie Obenour writes: > In some cases, the same change should be made to many parts of > the codebase. This includes things like adding set -o pipefail to > shell scripts or moving command substitutions to their own commands. > Should one send a single patch that makes all the changes, or should > one send a bunch of tiny patches? > > Preferably, the answer should be added to the documentation so people > don't need to ask again :) A single patch with no component prefix in the subject line is fine. Documentation doesn't currently have a good place for this sort of thing but I'll note the request for when we restructure it next year. --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iHUEARYKAB0WIQRV/neXydHjZma5XLJbRZGEIw/wogUCaQX7mgAKCRBbRZGEIw/w okE9AP9zs9MA5iyqfmovz84GFPPWxMQfPcel3YhNz903kW1IgAEAmt9c76xOxOL/ ewujiC34KcdTGGsMr/eeKstFoC5uUQY= =auiD -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--