From: Kevin Cernekee <cernekee@gmail.com>
To: tglx@linutronix.de, bp@alien8.de, gnomes@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk
Cc: computersforpeace@gmail.com, torvalds@linux-foundation.org,
akpm@linux-foundation.org, corbet@lwn.net,
linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [RFC 2/4] Documentation/SubmitChecklist: Remind submitters to check the merge window
Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2014 22:09:48 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1418623790-28429-3-git-send-email-cernekee@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1418623790-28429-1-git-send-email-cernekee@gmail.com>
Currently the checklist does not provide an indication of appropriate
times to send patches; add a brief note on the topic.
Signed-off-by: Kevin Cernekee <cernekee@gmail.com>
---
Documentation/SubmitChecklist | 5 +++++
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/SubmitChecklist b/Documentation/SubmitChecklist
index 2b7e32d..8b23f9c 100644
--- a/Documentation/SubmitChecklist
+++ b/Documentation/SubmitChecklist
@@ -107,3 +107,8 @@ kernel patches.
CONFIG_SMP, CONFIG_SYSFS, CONFIG_PROC_FS, CONFIG_INPUT, CONFIG_PCI,
CONFIG_BLOCK, CONFIG_PM, CONFIG_MAGIC_SYSRQ,
CONFIG_NET, CONFIG_INET=n (but latter with CONFIG_NET=y)
+
+27: For patches which are not urgent fixes for bugs in the current tree,
+ double-check https://www.kernel.org/ to make sure the merge window is
+ CLOSED ("mainline:" showing an -rc kernel) before sending. For more
+ information on the release cycle, see Documentation/development-process/.
--
2.1.1
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-12-15 6:13 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-12-15 6:09 [RFC 0/4] Stop maintainer abuse Kevin Cernekee
2014-12-15 6:09 ` [RFC 1/4] Documentation: Change policy on sending patches during merge window Kevin Cernekee
2014-12-15 8:29 ` Christoph Hellwig
2014-12-15 6:09 ` Kevin Cernekee [this message]
2014-12-15 10:17 ` [RFC 2/4] Documentation/SubmitChecklist: Remind submitters to check the " Borislav Petkov
2014-12-16 6:48 ` Kalle Valo
2014-12-15 6:09 ` [RFC 3/4] Documentation: Add cutoff periods for patch acceptance Kevin Cernekee
2014-12-15 10:15 ` Borislav Petkov
2014-12-15 14:59 ` One Thousand Gnomes
2014-12-15 18:29 ` Linus Torvalds
2014-12-15 6:09 ` [RFC 4/4] Documentation: Provide suggestions on when to repost patches Kevin Cernekee
2014-12-15 10:13 ` Borislav Petkov
2014-12-16 18:09 ` [RFC 0/4] Stop maintainer abuse Jonathan Corbet
2014-12-16 20:35 ` Theodore Ts'o
2014-12-16 22:19 ` Kevin Cernekee
2014-12-16 22:31 ` Borislav Petkov
2014-12-17 5:14 ` Theodore Ts'o
2014-12-17 9:52 ` Borislav Petkov
2014-12-18 19:05 ` Mark Brown
2014-12-18 10:35 ` Paolo Bonzini
2014-12-18 10:42 ` Borislav Petkov
2014-12-18 10:53 ` Paolo Bonzini
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