From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262611AbTJIXNR (ORCPT ); Thu, 9 Oct 2003 19:13:17 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262633AbTJIXNQ (ORCPT ); Thu, 9 Oct 2003 19:13:16 -0400 Received: from fw.osdl.org ([65.172.181.6]:46475 "EHLO mail.osdl.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262611AbTJIXNO (ORCPT ); Thu, 9 Oct 2003 19:13:14 -0400 Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2003 16:12:07 -0700 From: "Randy.Dunlap" To: maximilian attems Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, trivial@rustcorp.com.au, rmk@arm.linux.org.uk Subject: Re: [patch] add CC Trivial Patch Monkey to SubmittingPatches Message-Id: <20031009161207.568b3ba6.rddunlap@osdl.org> In-Reply-To: <20031009121656.GA14373@mail.sternwelten.at> References: <20031009105228.GB1138@mail.sternwelten.at> <20031009122545.A16265@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> <20031009121656.GA14373@mail.sternwelten.at> Organization: OSDL X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.9.4 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, 9 Oct 2003 14:16:56 +0200 maximilian attems wrote: | > 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 am [at least in en_US] | > 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 | autority with his many different names.. | | a++ | ma(ks|x(imilian)?) | | | --- linux-2.6.0-test7/Documentation/SubmittingPatches 2003-10-08 21:24:00.000000000 +0200 | +++ linux/Documentation/SubmittingPatches 2003-10-09 12:41:22.000000000 +0200 | @@ -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. | | +For small patches you may want to CC Trivial Patch Monkey | +trivial@rustcorp.com.au set up by Rusty Russell which collects "trivial" | +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, | + since people copy, as long as it's trivial) | + Any fix by the author/maintainer of the file. (ie. patch monkey | + in re-transmission mode) | + Maybe add the Trivial Patch Monkey web page: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/rusty/trivial/ -- ~Randy