Re: misc/49272 (Patching with Coccinelle?: Deletion of unnecessary checks before specific function calls)

[Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring%web.de@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR misc/49272; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring%web.de@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost, David Holland <dholland%NetBSD.org@localhost>
Cc: misc-bug-people%netbsd.org@localhost, netbsd-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost, gnats-admin%netbsd.org@localhost
Subject: Re: misc/49272 (Patching with Coccinelle?: Deletion of unnecessary
 checks before specific function calls)
Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2018 11:30:50 +0100

 > â?¦ without someone taking the time there is no realistic chance of this patch being useful.
 
 Can the software development attention grow for systematic source code improvements?
 
 
 > Also, the patch is apparently against -6 and would need hand-merging.
 
 Would anybody dare to take another look at related software adjustment possibilities?
 
 Regards,
 Markus