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Re: [Gendispatch] WG Review: General Area Dispatch (gendispatch)

Michael Richardson <mcr@sandelman.ca> Sat, 12 October 2019 20:23 UTC

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Comments: In-reply-to Jari Arkko <jari.arkko@piuha.net> message dated "Sat, 12 Oct 2019 04:12:11 +0300."
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Subject: Re: [Gendispatch] WG Review: General Area Dispatch (gendispatch)
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Not sure who wrote this:
    >> I think that we have never really had a problem handling minor process
    >> fixes. That's why we have so many process-related RFCs, in fact. For
    >> those, GENDISPATCH will clearly help us do the triage a bit more
    >> systematically, and that is a Good Thing.

Is the purpose of GENDISPATCH to deal with minor process exceptions, or
fixes?

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