From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262105AbTJIMQ7 (ORCPT ); Thu, 9 Oct 2003 08:16:59 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262106AbTJIMQ7 (ORCPT ); Thu, 9 Oct 2003 08:16:59 -0400 Received: from M947P005.adsl.highway.telekom.at ([62.47.150.69]:9602 "EHLO stallburg.dyndns.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262105AbTJIMQ4 (ORCPT ); Thu, 9 Oct 2003 08:16:56 -0400 Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2003 14:16:56 +0200 From: maximilian attems To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Trivial Patch Monkey Cc: Russell King Subject: Re: [patch] add CC Trivial Patch Monkey to SubmittingPatches Message-ID: <20031009121656.GA14373@mail.sternwelten.at> References: <20031009105228.GB1138@mail.sternwelten.at> <20031009122545.A16265@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="2oS5YaxWCcQjTEyO" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20031009122545.A16265@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org --2oS5YaxWCcQjTEyO Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > Could you take care when spelling names to ensure that you get them > correct *PLEASE*. I for one are sick and tired of trying to get > people to spell my name correctly. Personally, I see it as an insult > that people can't take the time to get it correct. upps .. corrected! as demonstrated by my signature, i do personally not care about the spelling of my own name so please don't take it as insult. the german writer of "ziegelbrenner" used to confuse=20 autority with his many different names.. a++ ma(ks|x(imilian)?) --- linux-2.6.0-test7/Documentation/SubmittingPatches 2003-10-08 21:24:00.0= 00000000 +0200 +++ linux/Documentation/SubmittingPatches 2003-10-09 12:41:22.000000000 +02= 00 @@ -132,6 +132,21 @@ Even if the maintainer did not respond in step #4, make sure to ALWAYS copy the maintainer when you change their code. =20 +For small patches you may want to CC Trivial Patch Monkey=20 +trivial@rustcorp.com.au set up by Rusty Russell which collects "trivial"= =20 +patches. Trivial patches must qualify for one of the following rules: + Spelling fixes in documentation + Spelling fixes which could break grep(1). + Warning fixes (cluttering with useless warnings is bad) + Compilation fixes (only if they are actually correct) + Runtime fixes (only if they actually fix things) + Removing use of deprecated functions/macros (eg. check_region). + Contact detail and documentation fixes + Non-portable code replaced by portable code (even in arch-specific,=20 + since people copy, as long as it's trivial) + Any fix by the author/maintainer of the file. (ie. patch monkey=20 + in re-transmission mode) + =20 =20 6) No MIME, no links, no compression, no attachments. Just plain text. --2oS5YaxWCcQjTEyO Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/hVG46//kSTNjoX0RAuTlAJ9k2ey2Vcf4mxH0qkkBrL6KRWIxAwCaA8RM RqyIhoWnjn1oc3+Agda5wLg= =8CAz -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --2oS5YaxWCcQjTEyO--