From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261737AbVGaHQE (ORCPT ); Sun, 31 Jul 2005 03:16:04 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261738AbVGaHQD (ORCPT ); Sun, 31 Jul 2005 03:16:03 -0400 Received: from omx3-ext.sgi.com ([192.48.171.20]:7100 "EHLO omx3.sgi.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261737AbVGaHQC (ORCPT ); Sun, 31 Jul 2005 03:16:02 -0400 Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2005 00:15:56 -0700 (PDT) From: Paul Jackson To: Andrew Morton Cc: Michael Kerrisk , Paul Jackson , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Message-Id: <20050731071556.19102.2901.sendpatchset@sam.engr.sgi.com> Subject: [PATCH] plug MAN-PAGES maintainer in Documentation/SubmittingPatches Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Improve the likelihood that someone submitting a patch will notify the MAN-PAGES maintainer. This is a follow-up to comments on the July 29 lkml email thread: "Broke nice range for RLIMIT NICE" Signed-off-by: Paul Jackson Index: 2.6.12-rc5-mm1/Documentation/SubmittingPatches =================================================================== --- 2.6.12-rc5-mm1.orig/Documentation/SubmittingPatches +++ 2.6.12-rc5-mm1/Documentation/SubmittingPatches @@ -161,6 +161,11 @@ USB, framebuffer devices, the VFS, the S MAINTAINERS file for a mailing list that relates specifically to your change. +If changes affect userland-kernel interfaces, please send +the MAN-PAGES maintainer (as listed in the MAINTAINERS file) +a man-pages patch, or at least a notification of the change, +so that some information makes its way into the manual pages. + Even if the maintainer did not respond in step #4, make sure to ALWAYS copy the maintainer when you change their code. -- I won't rest till it's the best ... Programmer, Linux Scalability Paul Jackson 1.650.933.1373, 1.925.600.0401