Re: [PATCH 2/2] tag: convert gpg_verify_tag to use struct object_id

> Snarkily I wanted to link to an essay "large patch series
> considered harmful"[1], but could not find any. So a couple
> of bullet points:
> (a) humans dislike larger series, hence fewer reviewers
> (b) the likelihood of a mistake in new code is proportional to its size
>   We can use the number of patches as a proxy for size
> (c) If a mistake is found, the whole series needs rerolling.
>   The effort of rerolling a series can be approximated with
>   its size as well.
> 
> From combining (b) and (c), we conclude that the effort to
> land a patch series is O(n^2) with n as the number of patches.
> Also from (a) we conclude that two smaller series containing
> the same output as one large series, has better code quality.
> So with that, we conclude that all series shall be as small
> as possible.
> 
> So I'd ask to queue these 2 separately, asking Brian to drop
> "builtin/verify-tag: convert to struct object_id"
> 
> [1] https://www.cs.princeton.edu/~dpw/papers/hotos.pdf, 2005
>     seems interesting to me in hindsight.
> 
> I can also send my patches to Brian, as you (both) like.