> On 2015-01-17, Daniel Dickman <[email protected]> wrote: > >> 1) Can patches be applied selectively and out of order? > > > > Don't do that. > > Actually, yes they can. If you can identify that a particular patch > doesn't apply to your use of the system there's no particular need to > apply it. I can't think of any patches where the order matters, though > it might happen occasionally.
Around 3 releases ago we noticed that our patches were becoming quite independent. That made me wonder whether we could make the descriptions less assertive. That might make people relax a bit, so they don't need to get a in a panic over a every diff for a feature they don't use. Don't worry. When diffs overlap in the future, we'll let you know. Otherwise, just track the assessments and make a decision. Risks have been quite low.
