Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 1/5] Avoid GCC extension ?:

[Peter Maydell]

On 12 July 2012 21:28, Blue Swirl <address@hidden> wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 12:54 PM, Kevin Wolf <address@hidden> wrote:
>> Am 08.07.2012 14:09, schrieb Andreas Schwab:
>> Which is why such changes are probably a bad idea. Even more so if they
>> aren't scripted.
>
> Maybe your patches are perfect from day one, but all patches can be
> buggy.

It's exactly *because* all patches can be buggy that changes need
to demonstrate a clear benefit in order that the expected gain
overall from applying the patch is positive rather than negative.

-- PMM